Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the Structure of English (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) - Hardcover

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Radford, Andrew

 
9780521834971: Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the Structure of English (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
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ISBN 10: 052183497X ISBN 13: 9780521834971
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Andrew Radford's textbook, Minimalist Syntax, provides a concise, clear, and accessible introduction to syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. Assuming little or no prior knowledge of syntactic theory, Radford takes students through a diverse range of topics in English syntax - such as categories and features, merger, null constituents, movement, case, and split projections - and shows how the 'computational component' works within the minimalist framework. Beginning at an elementary level, the book introduces grammatical concepts and sets out the theoretical foundations of Principles and Parameters and Universal Grammar, before progressing in stages towards more complex phenomena. Each chapter contains a workbook section, in which students are encouraged to make their own analyses of English phrases and sentences through exercises, model answers, and 'helpful hints'. There is also an extensive glossary of terms.

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About the Author

Andrew Radford is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Essex.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
052183497X
ISBN 13 
9780521834971
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
2
Number of pages
528

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