The Bloomsbury Companion to Syntax (Bloomsbury Companions)

Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. — 561 p. — ISBN: 1441124608 This Bloomsbury Companion is the most wide-ranging, state-of-the-art resource to a key area of contemporary linguistics. It covers fundamental issues, concepts, movements and approaches within the most relevant theoretical perspectives on syntax, encompassing the relationship between syntax and other levels of grammar. This book is a major tool for understanding syntax and its essential assumptions in the broader framework of current linguistic research. It is the most complete resource for postgraduate students and researchers working in syntax and neighboring fields.In addition, this companion offers a comprehensive reference resource, giving an overview of key terms and topics in syntax, research areas and new directions. With its section on methodology, it features a manageable guide to beginning or developing research in the field. It provides a review of current research as well as practical guidance for advanced study in the area. Hypothesis Formation / William Croft -- Hypothesis Testing In The Minimalist Program / Mark C. Baker -- Field Methods In Syntactic Research / Marianne Mithun -- Corpus Methods In Syntax / Maria Freddi -- Constituents / Marja-liisa Helasvuo -- X'-structure And Minimalism / Jairo Nunes -- The Structure Of Nps: Some Insights On Case, Empty Categories, And Poverty Of Stimulus / Giuseppe Longobardi And Guiseppina Silvestri -- Word Order / Pamela Munro -- Scrambling / Francisco Ordóñez -- On V2 Types / Cecilia Poletto -- Clitics / Silvia Luraghi -- Changing The Subject: Shifting Notions About Subjecthood In Generative Grammar / Tim Stowell -- Alignment And Grammatical Relations / Doris L. Payne -- Passives And Antipassives / Edward L. Keenan -- Middle And Reflexive / Leonid Kulikov -- Causatives: Structure, Type, And Distribution / Jae Jung Song -- Coordination / Caterina Mauri -- Wh-movement / Luis López -- Complementation / Claudia Parodi And A. Carlos Quicoli -- Adverbial Subordination / Holger Diessel -- Negation / Liliane Haegeman And Terje Lohndal -- Syntactic Change / Thórhallur Eythórsson -- Acquisition Of Syntax / Maria Teresa Guasti -- Usage And Syntax / Paul J. Hopper -- Construction Grammar And The Syntax-semantics Interface / Laura A. Michaelis -- Topic, Focus, And The Cartography Of The Left Periphery / Luigi Rizzi -- Optimality Theory As A Possible Framework For The Minimalist Program / Vieri Samek-lodvici. Edited By Silvia Luraghi And Claudia Parodi. Includes Bibliographical References. This volume is a wide-ranging, state-of-the-art resource to a key area of contemporary linguistics. It covers fundamental issues, concepts, movements, and approaches within the most relevant theoretical perspectives on syntax, encompassing the relationship between syntax and other levels of grammar. This Bloomsbury Companion is the most wide-ranging, state-of-the-art resource to a key area of contemporary linguistics. It covers fundamental issues, concepts, movements and approaches within the most relevant theoretical perspectives on syntax, encompassing the relationship between syntax and other levels of grammar. This book is a major tool for understanding syntax and its essential assumptions in the broader framework of current linguistic research. It is the most complete resource for postgraduate students and researchers working in syntax and neighboring fields. In addition, this companion offers a comprehensive reference resource, giving an overview of key terms and topics in syntax, research areas and new directions. With its section on methodology, it features a manageable guide to beginning or developing research in the field. It provides a review of current research as well as practical guidance for advanced study in the area "This 'Bloomsbury Companion' is a wide-ranging, state-of-the-art resource to a key area of contemporary linguistics. It covers fundamental issues, concepts, movements and approaches within the most relevant theoretical perspectives on syntax, encompassing the relationship between syntax and other levels of grammar. This book is a major tool for understanding syntax and its essential assumptions in the broader framework of current linguistic research. In addition, this companion offers a comprehensive reference resource giving an overview of key terms and topics in syntax, research areas and new directions. With its section on methodology, it features a manageable guide to beginning or developing research in the field."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper