31.3074, Books: Syntactic Constructions in English: Kim, Michaelis

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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2020 22:12:57
From: Rachel Tonkin [rtonkin at cambridge.org]
Subject: Syntactic Constructions in English: Kim, Michaelis

 


Title: Syntactic Constructions in English 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/grammar-and-syntax/syntactic-constructions-english?format=HB 


Author: Jong-Bok Kim
Author: Laura A. Michaelis

Electronic: ISBN:  9781108640671 Pages: 366 Price: U.S. $ 28.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108470339 Pages: 366 Price: U.S. $ 105.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108455862 Pages: 366 Price: U.S. $ 34.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108455862 Pages: 366 Price: U.K. £ 26.99


Abstract:

Construction grammar (CxG) is a framework for syntactic analysis that takes
constructions - pairings of form and meaning that range from the highly
idiomatic to the very general - to be the building blocks of sentence meaning.
Offering the first comprehensive introduction to CxG to focus on both English
words and the constructions that combine them, this textbook shows students
not only what the analyses of particular structures are, but also how and why
those analyses are constructed, with each chapter taking the student
step-by-step through the reasoning processes that yield the best description
of a data set. It offers a wealth of illustrative examples and exercises,
largely based on real language data, making it ideal for both self-study and
classroom use. Written in an accessible and engaging way, this textbook will
open up this increasingly popular linguistic framework to anyone interested in
the grammatical patterns of English.

Preface
1. What is a theory of english syntax about?
2. Lexical and phrasal signs
3. Syntactic forms, grammatical functions, and semantic roles
4. Head, complements, modifiers, and argument structures
5. Combinatorial construction rules and principles
6. Noun phrases and agreement
7. Raising and control constructions
8. Auxiliary and related constructions
9. Passive constructions
10. Interrogative and wh-question constructions
11. Relative clause constructions
12. Tough, extraposition and cleft constructions
Afterword
Appendix
Bibliography.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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