Syntax : structure, meaning, and function /
Van Valin, Robert D.
Syntax : structure, meaning, and function / Robert D. Van Valin Jr., Randy J. LaPolla. - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)1997. - xxviii, 713 pages ; 24 cm - Cambridge textbooks in linguistics .
1. The goals of linguistic theory -- 2. Syntactic structure, I: simple clauses and noun phrases -- 3. Semantic representation, I: verbs and arguments -- 4. Semantic representation, II: macroroles, the lexicon and noun phrases -- 5. Information structure -- 6. Grammatical relations -- 7. Linking syntax and semantics in simple sentences -- 8. Syntactic structure, II: complex sentences and noun phrases -- 9. Linking syntax and semantics in complex sentences -- Epilog: the goals of linguistic theory revisited.
This introduction to syntactic theory and analysis presents syntactic phenomena from a wide range of languages and explains to students the major typological issues that syntactic theories must address. It includes a number of exercises.
9780521495653 9780521499156
96036998
GB9800855 bnb
010385097 Uk
Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
Semantics.
P291 / .S968 1997
Syntax : structure, meaning, and function / Robert D. Van Valin Jr., Randy J. LaPolla. - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)1997. - xxviii, 713 pages ; 24 cm - Cambridge textbooks in linguistics .
1. The goals of linguistic theory -- 2. Syntactic structure, I: simple clauses and noun phrases -- 3. Semantic representation, I: verbs and arguments -- 4. Semantic representation, II: macroroles, the lexicon and noun phrases -- 5. Information structure -- 6. Grammatical relations -- 7. Linking syntax and semantics in simple sentences -- 8. Syntactic structure, II: complex sentences and noun phrases -- 9. Linking syntax and semantics in complex sentences -- Epilog: the goals of linguistic theory revisited.
This introduction to syntactic theory and analysis presents syntactic phenomena from a wide range of languages and explains to students the major typological issues that syntactic theories must address. It includes a number of exercises.
9780521495653 9780521499156
96036998
GB9800855 bnb
010385097 Uk
Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
Semantics.
P291 / .S968 1997