English Grammar

A Generative Perspective
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-631-18839-1
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 688 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1167 g

This book is intended primarily for undergraduate students of English, though it will also be useful for undergraduates in linguistics focusing on English. It shows how a restricted set of principles can account for a wide range of the phenomena of English syntax.

While the main focus of the book is empirical, it introduces important theoretical concepts: theta theory, X-bar theory, case theory, locality, binding theory, economy, full interpretation, functional projections. In doing so it prepares the student for more advanced theoretical work. The authors integrate many recent insights into the nature of syntactic structure into their discussion. They present information in a gradual way: hypotheses developed in early chapters are reviewed and modified in subsequent ones. The authors also pay attention to the relation between structure and interpretation and to language variation, and particularly to register variation. They include a wide range of diverse exercises, giving the student an opportunity for creative individual work on English.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gueron, Jacqueline

Haegeman, Liliane

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

1. The Structure of English Sentences.

2. Movement and Locality.

3. Developments in the Analysis of the Clause.

4. Aspects of the Syntax of Noun Phrases.

5. From Structure to Interpretation.

6. The New Comparative Syntax.

References.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Liliane Haegeman is Professor of English Linguistics at Université Charles de Gaulle Lille 3. Her previous books include Introduction to Government and Binding Theory, Second Edition (Blackwell, 1994).

Jacqueline Guéron is Professor of Linguistics at Université de Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle.