Introduction to the Theory of Grammar

by Edwin Williams and Henk van Riemsdijk

Book Overview

In the last 30 years, linguists have built a considerable and highly sophisticated body of work on generative grammar. Today the field is more active than ever before. Introduction to the Theory of Grammarmakes available to teachers and students of syntax a comprehensive critical review of the main results of present day grammatical theory and shows how they were achieved. It presents the central questions, shows how and why they were asked, what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262720094
• ISBN13: 9780262720090
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.