Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of English
Author | : David M. Perlmutter |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 1979 |
ISBN-10 | : 0520038282 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780520038288 |
Rating | : 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: [This book] presents the major theoretical developments in generative syntax and the empirical arguments motivating them. Beautifully and lucidly written, it is an invaluable resource for working linguists as well as a pedagogical tool of unequaled depth and breadth. The chief focus of the book is syntactic argumentation. Beginning with the fundamentals of generative syntax, it proceeds by a series of gradually unfolding arguments to analyses of some of the most sophisticated proposals. It includes a wide variety of problems that guide the reader in constructing arguments deciding between alternative analyses of syntactic constructions and alternative theoretical formulations. -- Back cover.