English Syntax : A Minimalist Account of Structure and Variation Paperback / softback
by Elspeth Edelstein
Part of the Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced series
Paperback / softback
Description
This textbook introduces the main aspects of Minimalist syntax through the use of data from a number of varieties of English.
In doing so it equips 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.
By working through the range of examples and exercises you will be able to see that all varieties of language are rule-based and can be observed and described systematically, regardless of how Standard or socially valued they are. Each chapter explores examples of puzzling syntactic phenomena in varieties of English.
Through analysis of the given constructions, and comparison to similar structures, it will introduce you to the relevant concepts in Minimalist syntax.
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- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:28/02/2020
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- ISBN:9781474425520
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:28/02/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781474425520
