Syntactic Relations A Critical Survey

Name: Syntactic Relations A Critical Survey
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ISBN: 9780521608299

ISBN-10: 0521608295

ISBN-13: 9780521608299

Edition: 2006

Authors: P. H. Matthews, S. R. Anderson, J. Bresnan, B. Comrie, W. Dressler

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Accounts of syntax are usually based on two assumptions: firstly, that a sentence comprises a hierarchy of phrases, forming a 'tree' structure; and secondly, that phrases have 'heads', on which subordinate units depend. These fundamental assumptions are questioned in this critical new survey, which argues that neither concept is important as is claimed, and that syntactic relations are in fact far more varied. Drawing on data from English as well as other major European languages, it summarizes earlier accounts of syntactic structure and looks at the different ways in which specific constructions have been described - the subject of much disagreement between linguists. It explores the…

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List price: $50.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/11/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 222
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Preface



Introduction


Relations


Where shall we start?



What beginners are told


The doctrine of phrases


What is a head?



Heads and dependents


Dominance


Where arguments are complementary


Markers


'Complementisers'


Prepositions


Verb phrases



Must phrases have heads?


'Determiners'


Determiners and pronouns


Where does this lead us?


'Universals'


What is universal?



Asymmetries


Types of construction


One head or two?


Types of dominance


Subjects



Constituents


Phrase structure


Phrase structure and dependency


How far is there equivalence?


Layering in noun phrases


Why should constituency be thought fundamental?


Structures and categories


'Movement'



Must constructions reduce to tree structures?


How reduction is achieved


Compositionality


Group-verbs


Complex predications


'Small clauses'


Coordination



Simplicity


Should syntax not be simpler?


'Theories'


Glossary


References


Index