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" Syntax : "
Robert D. Van Valin Jr., Randy J. LaPolla.
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878953
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Van Valin, Robert D.
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Syntax : : structure, meaning, and function /\ Robert D. Van Valin Jr., Randy J. LaPolla.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, U.K. ;New York, NY :: Cambridge University Press,, 1997.
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Cambridge textbooks in linguistics
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xxviii, 713 pages ;; 24 cm
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0521495652
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: 0521499151
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: 9780521495653
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: 9780521499156
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 650-702) and indexes.
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| Contents
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1. The goals of linguistic theory -- 2. Syntactic structure, I: simple clauses and noun phrases -- 3. Semantic representation, I: verbs and arguments -- 4. Semantic representation, II: macroroles, the lexicon and noun phrases -- 5. Information structure -- 6. Grammatical relations -- 7. Linking syntax and semantics in simple sentences -- 8. Syntactic structure, II: complex sentences and noun phrases -- 9. Linking syntax and semantics in complex sentences -- Epilog: the goals of linguistic theory revisited.
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This introduction to syntactic theory and analysis presents syntactic phenomena from a wide range of languages and explains to students the major typological issues that syntactic theories must address. It includes a number of exercises.
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Grammar, Comparative and general-- Syntax.
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Semantics.
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Sémantique.
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Syntaxe.
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Grammar, Comparative and general-- Syntax.
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Linguistica.
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Semantics.
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Sémantique.
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Syntaxe.
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Functionele taalkunde.
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Syntaxis.
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| Dewey Classification
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415
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P291.V358 1997
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17.52bcl
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801.5njb/08
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801.5njb/8
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LaPolla, Randy J.
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