Dominique Sportiche, Hilda Koopman, Edward P. Stabler

An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory

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Produktbeschreibung

Over the past several decades, our knowledge of language and sentence structure has increased at a pace unparalleled in the history of linguistics. An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory provides a general introduction to our current understanding of the rules and principles that govern the syntax of natural languages. Accessible to those with minimal knowledge of current syntactic research, it guides readers through syntactic and morphological structures in a progressive manner. To facilitate comprehension of basic principles and theories, useful 'Practice' boxes are included throughout the text, with more advanced concepts in syntactic theory also highlighted throughout. Comprehensive and authoritative, thisintroduction to syntactic theory takes the mystery out of one of the most crucial aspects of the workings of language - the principles and processes behind the structure of sentences. Additional resources are available online at www.wiley.com/go/syntacticanalysis

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 989g
• ISBN-13: 9781405100168
• ISBN-10: 1405100168
• Artikelnr.: 36873806

Autorenporträt

Dominique Sportiche is Professor of Linguistics at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles, École NormaleSupérieure in Paris, and Institut Jean Nicod at the ParisInstitut d'Étude de la Cognition. Specializing intheoretical syntax, he has published widely on the syntax and theproperties of the syntax/semantics interface of English andFrench.

Hilda Koopman is Professor of Linguistics at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles. Her theoretical interestsinclude theoretical syntax and morphology and comparative syntax.She has published on a wide range of topics covering many diverselanguages. Her work is often based on original fieldwork.

Edward Stabler is Professor of Linguistics at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles. His specialty is incomputational models of human syntactic analysis and learning, andhe has published on a wide range of topics in mathematical andcomputational linguistics.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments xv 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Where to Start 1 1.2 What this Book
is and is Not, and How to Use It 5 1.3 Further Reading 6 2 Morphology:
Starting with Words 9 2.1 Words Come in Categories 10 2.2 Words are Made of
Smaller Units: Morphemes 17 2.3 Morphemes Combine in Regular Ways 18 2.4
Apparent Exceptions to the RHHR 32 2.5 Morphological Atoms 35 2.6
Compositionality and Recursion 36 2.7 Conclusion 37 3 Syntactic Analysis
Introduced 43 3.1 Word Order 44 3.2 Constituency 47 3.3 Syntactic
Productivity 48 3.4 Substitution 50 3.5 Ellipsis 58 3.6 Coordination 62 3.7
Movement and Other Distortions 68 3.8 Some More Complex Distortion
Experiments, Briefly 74 3.9 Some More Practice 75 3.10 Some Other Evidence
of Constituency 76 3.11 Conclusion 78 4 Clauses 87 4.1 Full Clauses: CPs 87
4.2 Tense Phrase 94 4.3 Conclusion 98 5 Other Phrases: A First Glance 105
5.1 Verb Phrases 105 5.2 Determiner Phrases 113 5.3 Noun Phrases 116 5.4
Adjective Phrases 119 5.5 Prepositional Phrases 119 5.6 Ways to Talk About
Tree Geometry 119 5.7 Conclusion 120 6 X-bar Theory and the Format of
Lexical Entries 127 6.1 Review: The Model of Morphology 127 6.2 Building a
Model of Syntax 129 6.3 Headedness 130 6.4 Internal Organization of
Constituents 131 6.5 Some Consequences 134 6.6 Cross-categorial Symmetries
137 6.7 Subjects Across Categories: Small Clauses 138 6.8 Lexical Entries
140 6.9 The Projection Principle and Locality 146 6.10 Cross-linguistic
Variation 149 6.11 Conclusion 151 7 Binding and the Hierarchical Nature of
Phrase Structure 157 7.1 Anaphors 159 7.2 Pronouns 169 7.3 Non-pronominal
Expressions 171 7.4 Binding Theory Summarized 172 7.5 Small Clauses and
Binding Theory 173 7.6 Some Issues 174 7.7 Cross-linguistic Variation 178
7.8 Learning About Binding Relations 181 7.9 Conclusion 183 8 Apparent
Violations of Locality of Selection 187 8.1 Setting the Stage 187 8.2
Topicalization: A First Case of Movement 189 8.3 Head Movement 191 8.4
Detecting Selection 206 8.5 Phrasal Movements 210 8.6 How Selection Drives
Structure Building 221 8.7 Addressing some Previous Puzzles 225 8.8
Synthesis 226 8.9 Terminology and Notation 230 8.10 Conclusion 230 9
Infinitival Complements: Raising and Control 239 9.1 Subject Control 240
9.2 Using the Theory: Control and Binding 244 9.3 Interim Summary:
Inventory of To-infinitival 248 9.4 Raising to Object/ECM and Object
Control 249 9.5 Conclusion 252 10 Wh-questions: Wh-movement and Locality
259 10.1 Introduction 259 10.2 The Landing Site or Target Position of
Wh-Movement 261 10.3 What Wh-movement Moves 263 10.4 Locality I: The
Problem 266 10.5 Locality II: Theory of Constraints 281 10.6 Special Cases
293 10.7 Conclusion 298 11 Probing Structures 305 11.1 Introduction 305
11.2 Probing Derived Structures 305 11.3 Probing Underlying Structures 312
11.4 Probing with Binding 315 11.5 Conclusion 324 12 Inward Bound: Syntax
and Morphology Atoms 331 12.1 The Size of Atoms 332 12.2 Head Movement and
the Head Movement Constraint 332 12.3 Causative Affixes: Syntax or
Morphology? 335 12.4 VP Shells 339 12.5 Ternary Branching 348 12.6 Using VP
Shells: VP Shells and Adjuncts 357 12.7 Terminological Changes 362 12.8
Raising to Object 363 12.9 The Model of Morphosyntax 364 12.10 Conclusion
367 13 Advanced Binding and Some Binding Typology 377 13.1 Basics:
Reminders 377 13.2 Reminder About Principle A 380 13.3 Subjects of Tensed
Clauses 380 13.4 VP shells and the Binding Theory 382 13.5 Binding
Variation and Typology 387 13.6 Conclusion 397 14 Wh-constructions 403 14.1
Diagnostic Properties of Wh-movement 403 14.2 Relative Clauses 405 14.3
Another Case of Null Operator Movement: Tough-Construction 413 14.4
Topicalization and Left Dislocation 415 14.5 Other Wh-movement
Constructions 417 14.6 Conclusion 419 15 Syntactic Processes 421 15.1 The
Language Model: Defining Structure 422 15.2 Selection, Movement, Locality
423 15.3 Computational Properties of the Model 427 15.4 Conclusion 433
References 435 Index

Rezensionen

"Three outstanding linguists have combined forces to giveus an exceptionally clear step-by-step empirically rich andexercise-rich introduction to the question of how to scientificallystudy human language morphology and syntax."
Richard S. Kayne, New York University

"This is the most thorough and sophisticated introduction tosyntax and morphology that I have seen. The authors present themost solid results of the research of the last fifty years, as wellas the arguments and the scientific methodology that have beeninstrumental in achieving them: a unique feature of thisintroduction, which brings the reader to a very deep level ofunderstanding without assuming any prior knowledge."
Guglielmo Cinque, Ca' Foscari University

"This terrific textbook presents in depth analyses oflinguistic phenomena accompanied by wonderfully crafted problemsets and very useful conceptual comments on the connection betweenthe study of language and other areas of scientificinquiry."
Danny Fox, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology