Syntactic Analysis An HPSG-based Approach
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In syntactic analysis, as in linguistics generally, the skills required to first identify, and then make sense of, complex patterns in linguistic data involve a certain specific kind of reasoning, where various alternatives are entertained and modified in light of progressively broader empirical coverage. Rather than focus on transmitting the details of complex theoretical superstructures, this textbook takes a practical, analytical approach, starting from a small set of powerful analytic tools, applied first to simple phenomena and then to the…
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Key features
- Shows the student how and why we reach particular analyses, as well as providing the details
- Puts practical analysis at the forefront, rather than presenting the student with large amounts of theoretical detail from the outset, providing students with a toolkit for recognizing and assessing linguistic patterns
- Uses a simple, fundamental concept - lexical valence - to account for a variety of syntactic dependencies typically analyzed by a variety of complex, syntactic mechanisms
- Exercises and problems are integrated throughout each chapter, allowing students to master complex and technical concepts as they encounter them
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139093521
- Series Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
- Subjects English Language and Linguistics: General Interest,Grammar and Syntax,Language and Linguistics
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 17 April 2017
- ISBN: 9781107018884
- Dimensions (mm): 247 x 174 mm
- Weight: 0.75kg
- Page extent: 350 pages
- Availability: Available, despatch within 1-2 weeks
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 06 February 2017
- ISBN: 9781107614123
- Dimensions (mm): 247 x 174 mm
- Weight: 0.62kg
- Page extent: 378 pages
- Availability: Available, despatch within 1-2 weeks
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9781139093521
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