Analyzing Grammar
Analyzing Grammar
An Introduction
Paul R. Kroeger, Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics, Dallas
June 2005
Paperback
9780521016537
Covering both syntax (the structure of phrases and sentences) and morphology (the structure of words), this book equips students with the tools and methods needed to analyze grammatical patterns in any language. Students are shown how to use standard notational devices such as phrase structure trees and word-formation rules, as well as prose descriptions. Emphasis is placed on comparing the different grammatical systems of the world's languages, and students are encouraged to practice the analyses through a diverse range of problem sets and exercises.
- Draws on data from a wide range of non-European languages
- Provides a glossary of technical terms
- Data-analysis based exercises are included in every chapter
Product details
June 2005Paperback
9780521016537
384 pages
241 × 173 × 23 mm
0.751kg
28 b/w illus. 47 exercises
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Table of Contents
- 1. Grammatical form
- 2. Analyzing word structure
- 3. Constituent structure
- 4. Semantic roles and grammatical relations
- 5. Lexical entries and well-formed clauses
- 6. Noun phrases
- 7. Case and agreement
- 8. Noun classes and pronouns
- 9. Tense, aspect and modality
- 10. N on-verbal predicates
- 11. Special sentences types
- 12. Subordinate clauses
- 13. Derivational morphology
- 14. Valence-changing morphology
- 15. Allomorphy
- 16. Non-linear morphology
- 17. Clitics.
