Date: 16-Sep-2004 From: Matthew Glidden <bmktempbos.blackwellpublishing.com> Subject: The Grammar of Raising and Control: Davies, Dubinsky
Title: The Grammar of Raising and Control
Subtitle: A Course in Syntactic Argumentation
Published: 2004
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com
The Grammar of Raising and Control surveys analyses across a range of
theoretical frameworks from Rosenbaum's classic Standard Theory
analysis (1967) to current proposals within the Minimalist Program,
and provides readers with a critical understanding of these, helping
them in the process to develop keen insights into the strengths and
weaknesses of syntactic arguments in general.
- Distils a very successful graduate course in syntax from two
prominent figures in the field, covering analyses from a range of
theoretical frameworks.
- Provides readers with an understanding of the various perspectives
represented in generative syntax, using a particular class of
grammatical constructions as a means of examining the evolution of
syntactic theory over the last thirty years.
- Helps students to develop keen insights into the strengths and
weaknesses of syntactic arguments.
- Includes excerpts from six important works that allow students to
familiarize themselves with the original literature while also
providing discussion of the theoretical context in which they were
written.
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