Books /Syntax: A Generative Introduction

9781639875153

English

(2022)

$ 178

Syntax is the set of rules, principles and processes that govern the ways in which phrases, clauses and sentences are formed in a given language. It is the grammatical structure of words and phrases that are used to create intelligible sentences. The term is also used in linguistics to refer to the study of the syntactic properties of a language. One of the goals of this field of study is to discover the syntactic rules common to all languages, called universal grammar. Whether the language used by a writer or speaker is formal or informal depends on the complexity of the sentence structure. This book discusses the fundamentals as well as modern approaches to syntax. Most of the topics introduced here cover the major concepts and applications of this field. Coherent flow of topics, student-friendly language and extensive use of examples make this book an invaluable source of knowledge.