Kersti Börjars, Rachel Nordlinger, Louisa Sadler

Lexical-Functional Grammar

An Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A clear introduction to lexical-functional grammar, this outstanding textbook will help those who are learning about the formal theory for the first time, those who are familiar with other frameworks, and those interested in using a formal framework to analyze languages that are fundamentally different from English.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 172mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781316621653
• ISBN-10: 1316621650
• Artikelnr.: 53933818

Autorenporträt

Kersti Börjars is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Manchester and Professor (II) of Nordic Languages at Oslo University. Her current research focuses on syntactic description and analysis and on linguistic change. She has taught courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels on English grammar, syntactic theory and diachronic linguistics. She has held grants to study linguistic change in Pennsylvania German (ESRC) and for a study of the English possessive (AHRC). She is editor of the Journal of Linguistics and co-author (with Kate Burridge) of Introducing English Grammar (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. Dimensions of information; 3. Mapping between c-structure and f-structure; 4. Morphology and f-structure; 5. Complementation and predication; 6. Long-distance dependencies; 7. Anaphoric binding; 8. A-structure and lexical mapping theory; 9. Further topics.

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1. Introduction
2. Dimensions of information
3. Mapping between c-structure and f-structure
4. Morphology and f-structure
5. Complementation and predication
6. Long-distance dependencies
7. Anaphoric binding
8. A-structure and lexical mapping theory
9. Further topics.

Rezensionen

'This lucid and entertainingly written textbook is an excellent introduction to the theory of Lexical Functional Grammar. It presents the fundamentals of the theory in a way that is both accessible for beginners and engaging for linguists who are familiar with other frameworks.' Mary Dalrymple, University of Oxford