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Phrase Structure in Natural Language

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Margaret Speas

    1. Department of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (SNLT, volume 21)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Modularity in Underlying Structure

    • Margaret Speas
    Pages 1-25

  3. Syntactic Projection and Licensing

    • Margaret Speas
    Pages 26-122

  4. On Configurationality Parameters

    • Margaret Speas
    Pages 123-201

  5. Projection, Pronouns, and Parsing in Navajo Syntax

    • Margaret Speas
    Pages 202-285

  6. Concluding Remarks

    • Margaret Speas
    Pages 286-288

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 289-308
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Reviews

`Her book deserves a reading by anyone interested in questions of phrase structure.'
Language, 69
`Speas' book is a unique and comprehensive presentation of how syntactic structure is projected from lexical items, and how the syntactic diversity of the world's languages might consequently be seen from a unified perspective. Highly readable in its overview of the theoretical backgroud, and in its account of new developments and their consequences, this is a valuable and stimulating textbook for any course in syntactic structure and typological variation.'
Kenneth L. Hale, MIT, Cambridge, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

    Margaret Speas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Phrase Structure in Natural Language

  • Authors: Margaret Speas

  • Series Title: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2045-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0755-6Published: 30 September 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0866-9Published: 30 September 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2045-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4670

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0358

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 308

  • Topics: Philosophy of Language, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax

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