Description This book deals with Syntax in Three Dimensions: in part I with the History of grammatical theory, in part II with synchronic aspects of Present-Day English, and in part III with diachronic aspects of English.
About the Author Carola Trips , University of Mannheim, Germany..
It can further be used as a study aid for final exams.
It is also well suited for students specialising in syntax, syntactic theory, and language change.
This book primarily aims at undergraduate students of English or linguistics who have already acquired some knowledge of Syntax and generative syntactic theory.
The aims of the book are 1) to provide an introduction to the History of grammatical theory in order to show how and why generative grammar evolved (alongside other theories); in this way, generative grammar is presented in its historical context, and the motivation for the ideas and assumptions of this theory becomes clear; 2) to show that the terms and phenomena discussed are still applicable and interesting today; 3) to investigate phenomena of Present-Day English and their development in the History of English by means of authentic data, and to find explanations for the developmental paths they took by applying theory.
There is also a webpage for this book with more material, a glossary, and model answers of the exercises.
At the end of each chapter a summary and recommendations for further reading is provided as well as exercises in parts II and III.
In this way they can be viewed from different perspectives.
The most prominent linguistic terms and phenomena are discussed in their historical context and are taken up again in the synchronic and diachronic parts.
Description This book deals with Syntax in Three Dimensions: in part I with the History of grammatical theory, in part II with synchronic aspects of Present-Day English, and in part III with diachronic aspects of English
