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Key Terms in Syntax and Syntactic Theory

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Publisher
Continuum
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Leaves
280
Category
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✦ Synopsis


Key Terms in Syntax and Syntactic Theory explains all of the relevant terms which students of linguistics and English language are likely to encounter during their undergraduate study. The book includes definitions of key terms within syntax and syntactic theory, as well as outlines of the work of key thinkers in the field, including Noam Chomsky, M.A.K Halliday, Lucien Tesnière and Robert van Valin. The list of key readings is intended to direct students towards classic articles, as well providing a springboard to further study.


Accessibly written, with complicated terms and concepts explained in an easy to understand way, Key Terms in Syntax and Syntactic Theory is an essential resource for students of linguistics.

✦ Table of Contents


Key Terms in Syntax and Syntactic Theory......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
List of Abbreviations......Page 11
Introduction......Page 14
Case Grammar......Page 22
Classical Transformational Generative Theory......Page 23
Cognitive Grammar......Page 26
Construction Grammar/Radical Construction Grammar......Page 27
Dependency Grammar......Page 28
Emergent Grammar......Page 31
Extended Standard Transformational Generative Theory......Page 32
Functional Grammar......Page 33
Functional Sentence Perspective......Page 35
Generative Semantics......Page 36
Government and Binding and Principles and Parameters
Theory......Page 37
Head Driven Phrase Structure Grammar......Page 40
Lexical Functional Grammar......Page 42
Minimalist Program......Page 44
Montague Grammar......Page 46
Optimality Theory......Page 47
Relational Grammar......Page 49
Revised Extended Standard Transformational Generative Theory......Page 51
Role and Reference Grammar......Page 53
Standard Transformational Generative Theory......Page 54
Stratificational Grammar......Page 56
Systemic Functional Grammar......Page 57
Tagmemics......Page 58
Transformational Generative Grammar......Page 59
Word Grammar......Page 60
Actant......Page 62
Adjunct......Page 63
Adverbial clause......Page 64
Agreement......Page 65
Alignment......Page 68
Anaphora......Page 69
Anaphor......Page 70
Antecedent......Page 71
Applicative......Page 72
Argument......Page 73
Articulatory and Perceptual properties (A–P system)......Page 75
Auxiliary......Page 76
Binding Theory......Page 78
Branching......Page 80
Case......Page 82
Cataphora......Page 85
Causative......Page 86
Checking......Page 88
Clause......Page 89
Cleft sentence......Page 90
Clitic......Page 91
C-command......Page 94
Complement......Page 95
Complement clause......Page 96
Computational system......Page 97
Conjunct......Page 98
Constituent......Page 99
Construction (or syntactic construction)......Page 101
Controller......Page 102
Coordination......Page 103
Copula......Page 105
Copy......Page 107
Core......Page 108
Coverb......Page 109
Covert syntax......Page 110
D-structure (Deep structure)......Page 111
Dependent......Page 112
Direct object......Page 113
DP (Determiner Phrase)......Page 114
Dislocation......Page 116
Embedding......Page 118
Empty Category......Page 119
Endocentric vs. exocentric construction......Page 120
Exceptional Case Marking Verbs (ECM Verbs)......Page 121
Expletives......Page 122
Extension......Page 123
Focus......Page 125
Full Interpretation......Page 126
Goal......Page 128
Government......Page 129
Governing Domain......Page 132
Grammatical relation......Page 133
Grammatical/ungrammatical......Page 134
Grammaticalization......Page 135
Grounding......Page 137
Head......Page 138
Head vs. dependent marking......Page 139
Host......Page 140
Incorporation......Page 141
Indirect object......Page 142
Island constraint......Page 143
Light verb......Page 145
Logical Form (LF)......Page 147
Logophor......Page 148
Move alfa or Move Ξ±......Page 149
Movement......Page 150
NP-Movement......Page 152
Null argument......Page 153
Numeration......Page 154
Operator......Page 155
Overt movement......Page 156
P2 (Second position)......Page 157
Parameter setting......Page 158
Parsing......Page 159
Part of speech......Page 160
Percolation......Page 163
Phonetic Form (PF)......Page 164
Phrase......Page 165
Phrase Structure rules (or constituent structure rule)......Page 166
Predicate......Page 167
Predication......Page 168
PRO or big PRO......Page 169
Pro or little pro......Page 170
Procrastinate......Page 171
Promotion......Page 172
Raising......Page 173
Reanalysis......Page 174
Recursion or recursivity......Page 175
Relative clause......Page 176
Rheme......Page 178
Scrambling......Page 179
Semantic role......Page 180
Sentence......Page 183
Serial verb......Page 185
Small Clause......Page 186
State of affairs......Page 187
Subcategorization......Page 190
Subjacency Condition......Page 191
Subject......Page 192
Subordination......Page 194
Superiority Condition......Page 195
S-Structure (Surface Structure)......Page 196
Theta Criterion......Page 198
Topic......Page 199
Tough Movement......Page 201
Transitivity......Page 202
Universal Grammar (UG)......Page 205
V2 (or Verb Second) languages......Page 208
Valency or valence......Page 209
Visibility Condition......Page 211
Voice......Page 212
Wh-in situ......Page 215
Wh-movement......Page 216
Word order......Page 217
X-bar theory......Page 222
Bloomfield, Leonard......Page 226
Chomsky, Noam......Page 229
Dik, Simon Cornelis......Page 233
Greenberg, Joseph Harold......Page 235
Tesnière, Lucien......Page 237
Wackernagel, Jacob......Page 239
Behagel, Otto......Page 242
Bresnan, Joan W.......Page 243
Croft, William......Page 244
DelbrΓΌck, Berthold......Page 245
Dixon, Robert Malcolm Ward......Page 246
Fillmore, Charles J.......Page 247
GivΓ³n, Talmy......Page 248
Goldberg, Adele......Page 249
Halliday, Michael Alexander Kirkwood......Page 250
Harris, Zelling......Page 251
Jackendoff, Ray S.......Page 252
Kayne, Richard S.......Page 253
Lakoff, George......Page 254
Lamb, Sydney M.......Page 256
Langacker, Ronald W.......Page 257
Lasnik, Howard......Page 258
Lehmann, Winfred Philip......Page 259
Lightfoot, David W.......Page 260
Mathesius, VilΓ©m......Page 261
McCawley, James D.......Page 262
Postal, Paul M.......Page 263
Pike, Kenneth Lee......Page 264
Ross John Robert......Page 265
Van Valin, Robert D. Jr.......Page 266
Key Texts......Page 267
Bibliography......Page 270


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