Understanding syntax
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Understanding syntax
（Understanding language series）
Arnold , Oxford University Press, 1998
- : hdk
- : pbk
Available at 58 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. [214]-219
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9780340603772
Description
Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, it discusses and illustrates all the major terms and concepts essential to the study of sentence structure in the world's languages. 'Noun' and 'verb' are explained, and the properties of these categories are discussed. The reader discovers what a finite verb is, what 'first person singular' means and what relative clauses look like. Concepts such as 'subject', 'object', 'gender', 'case', and 'subordination' are introduced and exemplified.
Initial illustration is from English whenever possible, with extensive additional material from several other languages. 'Exotic' constructions not found in related European languages are fully covered, so that verb serialization, ergative languages and head-marking languages are all included.
Table of Contents
What is syntax?
Words belong to different classes
Looking inside sentences
Head words and phrases
How do we identify constituents?
Relationship within the clause
Syntactic processes.
- Volume
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: hdk ISBN 9780340700006
Description
An introduction to the main categories, constructions, terminology and problems associated with syntax, providing a basis from which students can proceed to more advanced work. It also teaches the reader how to read non-English examples by studying interlinear glosses.
Table of Contents
- What is syntax?
- words belong to different classes!
- relationship between words
- how do we identify constituents?
- what work do constituents perform?
- how do constituents interact with each other?
- looking at syntactic processes - so why do languages have syntax?
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