Syntactic Relations: A Critical Survey
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Accounts of syntax are usually based on two assumptions: firstly, that a sentence comprises a hierarchy of phrases, forming a 'tree' structure; and secondly, that phrases have 'heads', on which subordinate units depend. These fundamental assumptions are questioned in this critical survey, which argues that neither concept is important as is claimed, and that syntactic relations are in fact far more varied. Drawing on data from English as well as other...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521608295
ISBN13:9780521608299
Release Date:January 2007
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:222 Pages
Weight:0.81 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.4" x 8.9"
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