Overview
This comprehensive introduction to syntax explains the basic concepts of syntax, and how the structures which are in place for describing the world can also be applied to a description of language structure. Edith Moravcsik presents a detailed introduction to syntactic description, including linear order, selection, categories, meaning, sound form, variation and change. The final selection provides a summary which looks at how we can explain syntax. The book includes student-friendly features, such as chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading, exercises, and a glossary of terms.
- | Author: Edith a. Moravcsik
- | Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
- | Publication Date: Jun 19, 2006
- | Number of Pages: 288 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 082648946X
- | ISBN-13: 9780826489463
