Understanding Syntax
eBook - ePub

Understanding Syntax

  1. 366 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Understanding Syntax

About this book

Assuming no prior grammatical knowledge, Understanding Syntax explains and illustrates the major concepts, categories and terminology involved in the study of cross-linguistic syntax. Taking a largely theory-neutral and descriptive viewpoint throughout, this book:

  • introduces syntactic typology, syntactic description and the major typological categories found in the languages of the world
  • clarifies with examples grammatical constructions and relationships between words in a clause, including word classes and their syntactic properties; grammatical relations such as subject and object; case and agreement processes; passives and other valency-changing processes; questions and relative clauses
  • features in-text and chapter-end exercises to extend the reader's knowledge of syntactic concepts and argumentation, drawing on data from over 100 languages
  • highlights the principles involved in writing a brief syntactic sketch of language

This sixth edition has been revised to include updated further readings, improved examples and exercises and additional explanations of the most demanding concepts.

Understanding Syntax is an essential textbook for students studying the description of language, cross-linguistic syntax, language typology and linguistic fieldwork, and will be the foundation for all studies of theoretical syntax.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040295861
Edition
0
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Linguistics
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of tables and figures
  8. Note to the instructor
  9. Note to the student
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. List of abbreviations used in examples
  12. 1 What is syntax?
  13. 2 Words belong to different classes
  14. 3 Looking inside sentences
  15. 4 Heads and their dependents
  16. 5 How do we identify constituents?
  17. 6 Relationships within the clause
  18. 7 Processes that change grammatical relations
  19. 8 Wh-constructions: questions and relative clauses
  20. 9 Asking questions about syntax
  21. Sources of data used in examples
  22. Glossary
  23. References
  24. Language index
  25. Subject index

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