Binding Theory Paperback / softback
by Daniel (University of California, Los Angeles) Buring
Part of the Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics series
Paperback / softback
Description
Binding theory seeks to explain how different kinds of nominal expressions such as names, noun phrases and pronouns have anaphoric relations amongst one another, and how they come to have reference to things in the world.
This textbook provides a thorough and comprehensive introduction to modern binding theory.
Starting at a very basic level, it introduces the reader to a huge variety of nominal and especially pronominal expressions from the world's languages, the ways they can be used, and current theorising about their grammatical properties and their interpretation.
Daniel Buring discusses a wide range of cross-linguistic data and theoretical approaches, and unlike in existing introductions, pairs the discussion of syntactic facts with a detailed introduction to the semantic interpretation of binding structures.
Written in a clear and accessible style, and with numerous exercises and examples, this textbook will be invaluable to graduate and advanced undergraduate students of syntax and semantics.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:292 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/01/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521012225
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:292 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/01/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521012225
