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Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-84427-7 — Syntax Robert Freidin Frontmatter More Information Syntax Syntax: Basic Concepts and Applications provides a systematic intro- duction to core topics in syntax, focusing on how the basic concepts apply in the analysis of sentences. Assuming no background in linguistic analysis, the book gives students a working knowledge of syntactic ana- lysis from a minimalist perspective. Step by step it explains the fundamen- tals of phrase structure, movement, and deletion . Well-placed exercises throughout reinforce and extend the concepts and analyses presented in the text, allowing readers to gain understanding of progressively complex issues at a comfortable pace. Much of the data comes from English, but crucial examples are also drawn from a range of other languages, including Russian, Chinese , Japanese , French, Italian , Spanish , Irish , Welsh , and Greek . Robert Freidin is Professor of Linguistics in the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-84427-7 — Syntax Robert Freidin Frontmatter More Information Syntax Basic Concepts and Applications ROBERT FREIDIN Princeton University © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-84427-7 — Syntax Robert Freidin Frontmatter More Information University Printing House, Cambridge CB2 8BS, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10006, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia 314-321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi - 110025, India 103 Penang Road, #05-06/07, Visioncrest Commercial, Singapore 238467 Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521844277 © Robert A. Freidin 2012 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2012 A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication data Freidin, Robert. Syntax : basic concepts and applications / Robert Freidin. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-521-84427-7 (hardback) – ISBN 978-0-521-60578-6 (pbk.) 1. Grammar, Comparative and general–Syntax. 2. Generative grammar. I. Title. P291.F746 2012 415–dc23 2011052725 ISBN 978-0-521-84427-7 Hardback ISBN 978-0-521-60578-6 Paperback Additional resources for this publication at www.cambridge.org/freidin Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-84427-7 — Syntax Robert Freidin Frontmatter More Information “T here is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact .” Sherlock Holmes in “The Boscombe Valley Mystery” © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-84427-7 — Syntax Robert Freidin Frontmatter More Information Contents Preface ix Acknowledgements x v 1 The computational nature of human language 1 2 Knowledge of language as an object of inquiry 1 6 2.1 The system of knowledge 22 2.2 Language acquisition 29 2.3 Language use 33 2.4 The physical basis for language 34 3 Categories and constituents 3 7 3.1 Syntactic knowledge 37 3.2 Constituents and displacement 43 3.3 Constituents and coordination 48 4 Phrase structure theory 5 8 4.1 The fundamentals 58 4.2 Syntactic evidence for binary Merge in NPs 63 4.3 A coda on coordinate constructions 74 5 The structure of clauses 8 0 5.1 The phrase structure of VP 80 5.2 The phrase structure of clauses beyond VP 92 6 The syntax of Spec-TP 1 06 6.1 Displacement and the computational system 106 6.2 Displacement and interpretation 1 12 6.3 Displacement and Case 1 28 6.4 Locality 138 7 Head movement and the structure of root clauses 1 48 7.1 The analysis of yes/no questions 149 7.2 The auxiliary do 157 7.3 VSO languages 166 8 Wh-movement 1 71 8.1 The displacement of wh-phrases 1 71 8.2 Syntactic islands and the Subjacency Condition 186 8.3 Beyond the Subjacency Condition 201 vii © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-84427-7 — Syntax Robert Freidin Frontmatter More Information viii contents 9 Ellipsis: unpronounced syntax 2 11 9.1 VP ellipsis 212 9.2 Gapping and pseudogapping 237 9.3 Sluicing 241 Notes 254 Glossary 2 65 References 2 75 Index 2 80 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org
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