Core Syntax: A Minimalist Approach / Edition 1

by David Adger

Overview

This is an introduction to the structure of sentences in human languages. It assumes no prior knowledge of linguistic theory and little of elementary grammar. It will suit students coming to syntactic theory for the first time either as graduates or undergraduates. It will also be useful for those in fields such as computational science, artificial intelligence, or cognitive psychology who need a sound knowledge of current syntactic theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199243709
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/29/2003
Series:	Oxford Core Linguistics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	9.56(w) x 6.86(h) x 0.91(d)

About the Author

David Adger is Reader in Linguistics at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the co-editor of Specifiers: Minimalist Perspective (OUP, 1999) and publishes widely in syntax and semantics. He is co-general editor of the series Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics.

Table of Contents

1. Core Concepts2. Morphosyntactic Features3. Constituency and Theta Roles4. Representing Phrase Structure5. Functional Categories I: TP6. Subjects and Objects7. Functional Categories II: the DP8. Functional Categories III: CP9. Wh Movement10. Locality

Editorial Reviews

"Adger truly manages to achieve a good balance between a formal theoretical model and its empirical coverage. Each chapter includes excellent problem sets and a list of further readings... The author takes a lot of time to illustrate each derivation step by step, thus helping students to see the workings of a formal syntactic system. Another very positive characteristic is the approach to crosslinguistic variation, which is given consistently in terms of features. ... I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants a text that presents minimalist syntax in a clear way and with data from a vast array of languages."—Language

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