A Syntax of Substance, Volume 64

by David Adger and Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary David Adger

Book Overview

A new approach to grammar and meaning of relational nouns is presented along with its empirical consequences.

In A Syntax of Substance, David Adger proposes a new approach to phrase structure that eschews functional heads and labels structures exocentrically. His proposal simultaneously simplifies the syntactic system and restricts the range of possible structures, ruling out the ubiquitous (remnant) roll-up derivations and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262518309
• ISBN13: 9780262518307
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher