Syntax: Structure, Meaning, and Function

by Robert D. Van Valin Jr., Randy J LaPolla, Randy J. LaPolla

Book Overview

This book is an introduction to syntactic theory and analysis which can be used for both introductory and advanced courses in theoretical syntax. Offering an alternative to the standard generative view of the subject, it deals with the major issues in syntax with which all theories are concerned. It presents syntactic phenomena from a wide range of languages and introduces students to the major typological issues that syntactic theories must address...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521499151
• ISBN13: 9780521499156
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 744 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"