Description
Book SynopsisAnalyzing Grammar is a clear introductory textbook on grammatical analysis, designed to equip students with the tools and methods needed to analyze grammatical patterns in any language. Standard notational devices such as phrase structure trees and word-formation rules are shown, and a range of problem sets and exercises are provided.
Table of Contents1. Grammatical form; 2. Analyzing word structure; 3. Constituent structure; 4. Semantic roles and grammatical relations; 5. Lexical entries and well-formed clauses; 6. Noun phrases; 7. Case and agreement; 8. Noun classes and pronouns; 9. Tense, aspect and modality; 10. N on-verbal predicates; 11. Special sentences types; 12. Subordinate clauses; 13. Derivational morphology; 14. Valence-changing morphology; 15. Allomorphy; 16. Non-linear morphology; 17. Clitics.
