Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of English

630 Pages·1979·19.07 MB·English

by  David M. Perlmutter

Syntactic
Argumentation
andthe —
- Structure of English
by Scott Soames & David M. Perlmutter —
Argumer wation
and the
Structure of English
by Scott Soames & David M. Perlmutter
Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of
English (SASE) presents the major theoretical
developments in generative syntax and the
empirical arguments motivating them.
Beautifully and lucidly written, it is an
invaluable resource for working linguists as well
as a pedagogical tool of unequaled depth and
breadth.
The chief focus of the book is syntactic
argumentation. Beginning with the
fundamentals of generative syntax, it proceeds
by a series of gradually unfolding arguments to
analyses of some of the most sophisticated
proposals. It includes a wide variety of
problems that guide the reader in constructing
“=. ments deciding between alternative analyses
© syntactic constructions and alternative
/>coretical formulations. Someone who has
worked through the problems and arguments in
this book will be able to apply the skills in
argumentation it develops to novel issues in
syntax.
While teaching syntactic argumentation,
SASE covers the major empirical results of
generative syntax. Its contents include:
1) Transformations in single-clause sentences
2) Complementation and multi-clause
transformations
3) Universal principles governing *ule
interaction: the cycle and strict oye! icity
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Syntactic Argumentation and
the Structure of English

Syntactic Argumentation and
the Structure of English
DAVID M. PERLMUTTER
SCOTT SOAMES
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley Los Angeles London
Note: This book is a joint work of the two authors. To emphasize this, we have listed
the authors’ names in alphabetical order on the title page and in the Library of Congress
cataloging data, and in reverse alphabetical order on the cover.
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 78-65471
Copyright © 1979 by
David M. Perlmutter and Scott Soames
Printed in the United States of America
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