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A Concise Introduction to Syntactic Theory: The Government-Binding Approach

A Concise Introduction to Syntactic Theory: The Government-Binding Approach

Cowper, Elizabeth A.

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Grammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 0226116468
ISBN13: 9780226116464
Publisher: Univ Of Chicago Pr
Published: Mar 1 1992
Pages: 213
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.12 Depth: 8.98
Language: English
This textbook is intended to give students a quick start in using theory to address syntactic questions. At each stage, Cowper is careful to introduce a theoretical apparatus that is no more complex than is required to deal with the phenomenon under consideration. Comprehensive and up-to-date, this accessible volume will also provide an excellent refresher for linguists returning to the study of Government-Binding theory.

Cowper exhibits the analytical devices of current principles-and-parameters approaches, takes readers carefully through the central elements of grammatical theory (including very recent work), and ushers them selectively into the technical literature. . . . A serious introduction for those who want to know the nuts and bolts of syntactic theory and to see why linguists are so excited these days.--David Lightfoot, University of Maryland

An excellent short introduction to the Government and Binding model of syntactic theory. . . . Cowper's work succeeds in teaching syntactic argumentation and in showing the conceptual reasons behind specific proposals in modern syntactic theory.--Jaklin Kornfilt, Syracuse University

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