Syntax of Welsh A Transformational Study of the Passive

Name: Syntax of Welsh A Transformational Study of the Passive
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ISBN: 9780521102599

ISBN-10: 0521102596

ISBN-13: 9780521102599

Edition: 2009

Authors: G. M. Awbery

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This is a full-length study of a Celtic language from the standpoint of modern linguistic theory. Dr Awbery particularly discusses a topic - the passive form of the verb - which has itself been of central interest in previous work on transformational grammar. She is thus able to test certain tenets of transformational theory against data from a previously unconsidered language. The results are significant, and argue clearly for a separation of syntactic and semantic analysis; constructions which are related syntactically are shown to have no necessary semantic relation, and the type of description which can reveal one set of relationships is not able to reveal the other. The book is…

Book details

List price: $41.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/12/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English




Active sentences



Passive sentences



More Passives



Restrictions on the passive



Other agent transformations



A deep structure agent phrase?



Conclusions