English Syntax: A Minimalist Account of Structure and Variation

by Elspeth Edelstein

Book Overview

This textbook introduces the main aspects of Minimalist syntax through the use of data from a number of varieties of English. In doing so it equips you with a firm grounding in tools of syntactic analysis while demonstrating the potential for variationist linguistics and theoretical syntax to feed into each other. By working through the range of examples and exercises you will be able to see that all varieties of language are rule-based and can be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474425526
• ISBN13: 9781474425520
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"