Syntax 3 E - Couverture souple

Carnie, Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0470655313 ISBN 13 : 9780470655313

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

Synopsis

Andrew Carnie s bestselling textbook on syntax has guidedthousands of students through the discipline of theoretical syntax;retaining its popularity due to its combination of straightforwardlanguage, comprehensive coverage, and numerous exercises. In thisthird edition, topics have been updated, new exercises added, andthe online resources have been expanded. Supported by expanded online studentand instructorresources , including extra chapters on HPSG, LFG andtime-saving materials for lecturers, including problem sets,PowerPoint slides, and an instructors manual Features new chapters on ellipsis, auxiliaries, andnon-configurational languages Covers topics including phrase structure, the lexicon, Casetheory, movement, covert movement, locality conditions, VP shells,and control Accompanied by a new optional workbook, available separately,of sample problem sets which are designed to give students greaterexperience of analyzing syntactic structure

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

The publisher has supplied corrected e–book files as of December 5, 2013, so the issues of display with the IPA and special characters on Kindle has been fixed.

Andrew Carnie s bestselling textbook on syntax has guided thousands of students through the discipline of theoretical syntax; its popularity due to its combination of straightforward language, comprehensive coverage, and numerous exercises. In this third edition, new topics are added, discussions are updated, additional exercises are included, and online resources are enhanced.

Authoritative coverage spans phrase structure, the lexicon, Case theory, movement, covert movement, locality conditions, VP shells, and control. New chapters cover auxiliaries, ellipsis, and non–configurational languages. The enhanced online resources for both instructors and students, now available at www.wiley.com/go/carnie, include online–only chapters on HPSG, LFG, and offer tried and tested resources from the previous editions. For the first time, an optional companion Workbook is also available; the table of contents correlates with the textbook and is designed to help offer students practice at analyzing syntactic structure.

Comprehensive, engaging, and ideally structured for study, this third edition of Syntax is the most robust introduction to the major issues in generative syntactic theory available today.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Andrew Carnie is Professor of Linguistics and Faculty Director in the Graduate College at the University of Arizona. He specializes in generative syntactic theory with an emphasis on constituency, VSO languages, copular constructions and the Celtic Languages. He is the author of numerous other publications, including Irish Nouns (2008), Constituent Structure (2010), Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics (2011),  Modern Syntax (2011), and The Syntax Workbook: A Companion to Carnie s Syntax (Wiley–Blackwell, 2012).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0470655313
• ISBN 13: 9780470655313
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 542