30.3323, Books: A Dependency Grammar of English: Osborne

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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 21:37:32
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: A Dependency Grammar of English: Osborne

 


Title: A Dependency Grammar of English 
Subtitle: An introduction and beyond 
Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/z.224 


Author: Timothy Osborne

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262288 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262288 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262288 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027203458 Pages: 447 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027203458 Pages: 447 Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027203458 Pages: 447 Price: Europe EURO 104.94


Abstract:

Dependency grammar (DG) is an approach to the syntax of natural languages with
a long and venerable tradition, yet awareness of its potential to serve as a
basis for principled analyses of natural language syntax is minimal due to the
predominance of phrase structure grammar (PSG). This book presents a DG of
English with two main goals in mind. The first is to make the principles of
dependency syntax accessible to a general audience so that the novice linguist
as well as the seasoned syntactician becomes fully aware of what makes DG
unique as an approach to the study of natural language syntax. The second is
to present and develop a version of DG that then serves as a principled basis
for the investigation of central areas of the syntax of English, such as
long-distance dependencies, coordination, ellipsis, valency, etc. An
overarching theme in all this is that DG is simple compared to PSG, yet
despite this simplicity, it is quite effective at shedding light on the nature
of syntactic phenomena.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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