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English Syntax : A Minimalist Account of Structure and Variation / Elspeth Edelstein.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced : ETELAAPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781474425537
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 425 23
LOC classification:
  • PE1361 .E34 2020
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on companion website -- Glossary -- 1 Got grammar? -- 2 Phrase structure -- 3 Lexical verbs -- 4 Auxiliary verbs and functional structure -- 5 Embedded clauses and questions -- 6 Negation -- 7 Non-finite complements -- 8 Nouns and determiners -- 9 Adjectives and adverbs -- 10 Minimalism and microvariation -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Delivers a firm grounding in the tools of syntactic analysis using a minimalist frameworkApplies the Minimalist framework to data from a number of varieties of EnglishEach chapter includes a ‘pre-Minimalist’ section, highlighting differences between the Minimalist framework and previous syntactic theoryEach chapter works through an example of a ‘puzzling’ syntactic phenomenon Exercises focus on English and include at least one ‘Beyond English’ exerciseIncludes a glossary of key terms and additional materials will be available onlineDo you find the technical architecture of theoretical syntax intimidating? Are you grappling with a great deal of unfamiliar linguistic examples? This textbook will introduce you to the main aspects of Minimalist syntax through the use of data from a number of varieties of English. In doing so it will equip you with a firm grounding in tools of syntactic analysis, while demonstrating the potential for variationist linguistics and theoretical syntax to feed into each other. Through examples and exercises, this textbook demonstrates that all varieties of language are rule-based and can be observed and described systematically, regardless of how ‘standard’ or socially valued they are.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on companion website -- Glossary -- 1 Got grammar? -- 2 Phrase structure -- 3 Lexical verbs -- 4 Auxiliary verbs and functional structure -- 5 Embedded clauses and questions -- 6 Negation -- 7 Non-finite complements -- 8 Nouns and determiners -- 9 Adjectives and adverbs -- 10 Minimalism and microvariation -- Bibliography -- Index

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Delivers a firm grounding in the tools of syntactic analysis using a minimalist frameworkApplies the Minimalist framework to data from a number of varieties of EnglishEach chapter includes a ‘pre-Minimalist’ section, highlighting differences between the Minimalist framework and previous syntactic theoryEach chapter works through an example of a ‘puzzling’ syntactic phenomenon Exercises focus on English and include at least one ‘Beyond English’ exerciseIncludes a glossary of key terms and additional materials will be available onlineDo you find the technical architecture of theoretical syntax intimidating? Are you grappling with a great deal of unfamiliar linguistic examples? This textbook will introduce you to the main aspects of Minimalist syntax through the use of data from a number of varieties of English. In doing so it will equip you with a firm grounding in tools of syntactic analysis, while demonstrating the potential for variationist linguistics and theoretical syntax to feed into each other. Through examples and exercises, this textbook demonstrates that all varieties of language are rule-based and can be observed and described systematically, regardless of how ‘standard’ or socially valued they are.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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