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LINGUIST List 21.112

Fri Jan 08 2010

Books: Syntax/Ling Theories: Carnie

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        1.    Jane Hamilton, Constituent Structure, 2nd Edition: Carnie
Message 1: Constituent Structure, 2nd Edition: Carnie
Date: 24-Dec-2009
From: Jane Hamilton <jane.hamiltonoup.com>
Subject: Constituent Structure, 2nd Edition: Carnie
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Title: Constituent Structure, 2nd Edition
Published: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
                http://www.oup.com/us

Book URL: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199583461.do

Author: Andrew Carnie
Hardback: ISBN: 9780199583454 Pages: 320 Price: U.K. £ 75.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9780199583461 Pages: 320 Price: U.K. £ 24.99
Abstract:

This book explores the empirical and theoretical aspects of constituent
structure in natural language syntax. It surveys a wide variety of
functionalist and formalist theoretical approaches, from dependency
grammars and Relational Grammar to Lexical Functional Grammar, Head-driven
Phrase Structure Grammar, and Minimalism. It describes the traditional
tests for constituency and the formal means for representing them in phrase
structure grammars, extended phrase structure grammars, X-bar theory, and
set theoretic bare phrase structure. In doing so it provides a clear,
thorough, and rigorous axiomatic description of the structural properties
of constituent trees.

Andrew Carnie considers the central controversies on constituent structure.
Is it, for example, a primitive notion or should it be derived from
relational or semantic form? Do sentences have a single constituency or
multiple constituencies? Does constituency operate on single or multiple
dimensions? And what exactly is the categorial content of constituent
structure representations? He identifies points of commonality as well as
important theoretical differences among the various approaches to
constituency, and critically examines the strengths and limitations of
competing frameworks.

This new edition includes textual revisions as well as a new final chapter
and ensures that Constituent Structure remains the definitive guide to
constituency for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, as well as
theoretical linguists of all persuasions in departments of linguistics,
cognitive science, computational science, and related fields.

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                            Syntax

Written In: English (eng )

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