Lectures on Contemporary Syntactic Theories
Download or Read eBook Lectures on Contemporary Syntactic Theories PDF written by Peter Sells and published by Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications. This book was released on 1985 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Peter Sells |
| Publisher | : Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 1985 |
| ISBN-10 | : UCSC:32106011239628 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Lectures on Contemporary Syntactic Theories by : Peter Sells
Book excerpt: This books provides an introduction to three contemporary syntactic theories, Government-Binding Theory, Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar, and Lexical-Functional Grammar. In successive chapters, Sells lucidly presents and illustrates the fundamental apsects of each theory. In an introductory chapter he describes the basic syntactic concepts and assumptions shared by each theory; in the postscript, Thomas Wasow provides a more general overview of the different perspectives of these three approaches.
