Modern Syntax A Coursebook

Name: Modern Syntax A Coursebook
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ISBN: 9780521682046

ISBN-10: 0521682045

ISBN-13: 9780521682046

Edition: 2010

Authors: Andrew Carnie

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Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/13/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 370
Size: 6.85" wide x 9.72" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Acknowledgments


How to use this book


A note on the theoretical perspective of this book



Some basic ideas in syntax



Defining syntax



Syntactic data



Hypotheses


Group 1 Review



Categories and subcategories



Parts of speech and lexical categories



Functional categories



Subcategories 1: pronouns



Subcategories 2: other subcategories of nouns



Subcategories 3: transitivity



Tangent: tense, aspect, voice and mood



Subcategories of auxiliaries


Group 2 Review



Constituents, MERGE and trees



Constituency



C-MERGE: complements



Complements: a case study



Specifiers: VP and TP



Specifiers: NP and DP



Tagging



MERGE: adjuncts



Drawing trees


Group 3 Review



Movement and control



Passives



Non-finite clauses 1: control constructions



Non-finite clauses 2: raising sentences



Head-to-head movement 1: auxiliaries



Head-to-head movement 2: main verbs



Wh-questions


Group 4 Review



Conclusions



Evaluating our progress



The next steps



Glossary, symbols and abbreviations



Features and their values



Rules, constraints and principles


References


Index