| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 239 pages) : illustrations |
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De Gruyter Mouton Textbook |
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De Gruyter Mouton textbook.
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| Contents |
Part I: The history of grammar -- Introduction -- The Greeks and Romans and the first grammatical theory -- The Middle Ages -- Grammar in the Renaissance and the first grammars of English -- Modern linguistics and structuralism -- Chomsky and constituency grammars -- Part II: Synchronic analysis of English syntax -- Introduction -- Sentence structure of Present-Day English and New High German -- Dependency relations and linguistic universals -- Syntactic variation -- Comparative syntax from a synchronic perspective -- Movement and its application to the syntax of English -- Part III: Diachronic analysis of English syntax -- Introduction -- Sentence structure of Early English --Dependency relations in Early English -- Syntactic variation in Early English -- Comparative syntax from a diachronic perspective -- Syntactic movement in the history of English -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
This book offers an introduction to syntax in three dimensions: part I deals with the history of grammatical theory, part II with synchronic aspects of Present-Day English, and part III with diachronic aspects of English. In this way the field of syntax is seen from a more general perspective than in other works presently available |
| Notes |
Textbook |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Syntax -- Textbooks
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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English language -- Syntax
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Englisch
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Syntax
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783110290097 |
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311029009X |
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9783110395143 |
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3110395142 |
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3110289849 |
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9783110289848 |
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