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Syntactic Analysis: The Basics
Nicholas Sobin
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Description for Syntactic Analysis: The Basics
Paperback. This succinct, practical introduction to understanding sentence structure is ideal for students with little background in linguistics. Introducing the reader to the central terms and concepts in the field of syntax, it explains how to understand and operate syntactic analysis, as well as how to approach linguistic argumentation. Num Pages: 192 pages, diagrams. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
Highly readable and eminently practical, Syntactic Analysis: The Basics focuses on bringing students with little background in linguistics up to speed on how modern syntactic analysis works.
Highly readable and eminently practical, Syntactic Analysis: The Basics focuses on bringing students with little background in linguistics up to speed on how modern syntactic analysis works.
- A succinct and practical introduction to understanding sentence structure, ideal for students who need to get up to speed on key concepts in the field
- Introduces readers to the central terms and concepts in syntax
- Offers a hands-on approach to understanding and performing syntactic analysis and introduces students to linguistic argumentation
- Includes numerous problem sets, helpfully graded for difficulty, with model answers provided at critical points
- Prepares readers for more advanced work with syntactic systems and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444335071
SKU
V9781444335071
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99-50
About Nicholas Sobin
Nicholas Sobin is Professor of Language and Linguistics at The University of Texas at El Paso. He has published numerous articles on various topics in syntax in such journals as Linguistics Inquiry, Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, and the Journal of Linguistics, and has held Visiting Scholar appointments at M.I.T. and Harvard University. He is Professor Emeritus at the University ... Read more
Reviews for Syntactic Analysis: The Basics
“Ultimately, I would argue that this book succeeds with its goals by laying a broad, basic, and clear foundation in the philosophy of generative syntax, thus allowing undergraduates to learn the nature of scientific inquiry with languages in a trimester/quarter system or supporting graduate students with little or distant background to read and respond to primary literature with more confidence ... Read more