31.887, Books: English Syntax: Edelstein

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Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:23:25
From: Kirsty Crosbie [kirsty.crosbie at eup.ed.ac.uk]
Subject: English Syntax: Edelstein

 


Title: English Syntax 
Subtitle: A Minimalist Account of Structure and Variation 
Series Title: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
	   www.edinburghuniversitypress.com
	

Book URL: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-english-syntax.html 


Author: Elspeth Edelstein

Electronic: ISBN:  9781474425544 Pages: 288 Price: U.K. £ 24.99 Comment: EPUB
Electronic: ISBN:  9781474425537 Pages: 288 Price: U.K. £ 90.00 Comment: PDF
Hardback: ISBN:  9781474425513 Pages: 288 Price: U.K. £ 90.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9781474425520 Pages: 288 Price: U.K. £ 24.99


Abstract:

Delivers a firm grounding in the tools of syntactic analysis using a
minimalist framework

*Applies the Minimalist framework to data from a number of varieties of
English

*Each chapter includes a ‘pre-Minimalist’ section, highlighting differences
between the Minimalist framework and previous syntactic theory

*Each chapter works through an example of a ‘puzzling’ syntactic phenomenon

*Exercises focus on English and include at least one ‘Beyond English’ exercise

*Includes a glossary of key terms and additional materials will be available
online

Do you find the technical architecture of theoretical syntax intimidating? Are
you grappling with a great deal of unfamiliar linguistic examples? This
textbook will introduce you to the main aspects of Minimalist syntax through
the use of data from a number of varieties of English. In doing so it will
equip 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. Through examples and exercises, this textbook
demonstrates that all varieties of language are rule-based and can be observed
and described systematically, regardless of how ‘standard’ or socially valued
they are.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=141514




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