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Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Ser.: Deriving Syntactic Relations by John Bowers (2018, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101107096758

ISBN-139781107096752

eBay Product ID (ePID)239985158

Product Key Features

Number of Pages306 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDeriving Syntactic Relations

Publication Year2018

SubjectLinguistics / Syntax, General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

AuthorJohn Bowers

SeriesCambridge Studies in Linguistics Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight20.5 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2017-017834

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsAdvance praise: 'This book challenges assumptions that have gone unquestioned for too long, while hewing to the core principles of the Minimalist Program. It will be useful and thought-provoking to generative syntacticians of all theoretical persuasions.' Elizabeth Cowper, University of Toronto

Series Volume NumberSeries Number 151

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal415

Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. Relational derivation; 2. Types of lexical projections and arguments; 3. Modification; 4. Variation in word order; 5. The role of morphology; 6. Operators; 7. Ellipsis; 8. The DNA of language; References.

SynopsisThis book reduces, to a bare minimum, the primitive notions required to characterize the syntax of natural language systems, providing a simple yet explanatory formal basis for investigation at all levels of the structure and function of language. It will be ideal for graduates and academic researchers concerned with human language and syntax., A pioneering new approach to a long-debated topic at the heart of syntax: what are the primitive concepts and operations of syntax? This book argues, appealing in part to the logic of Chomsky's Minimalist Program, that the primitive operations of syntax form relations between words rather than combining words to form constituents. Just three basic relations, definable in terms of inherent selection properties of words, are required in natural language syntax: projection, argument selection, and modification. In the radically simplified account of generative grammar Bowers proposes there are just two interface levels, which interact with our conceptual and sensory systems, and a lexicon from which an infinite number of sentences can be constructed. The theory also provides a natural interpretation of phase theory, enabling a better formulation of many island constraints, as well as providing the basis for a unified approach to ellipsis phenomena.

LC Classification NumberP291