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English syntax in three dimensions : history - synchrony - diachrony /
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 i...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2015]
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| Series: | De Gruyter Mouton textbook.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.