The nature and function of syntactic categories

• Other Authors: Borsley, Robert D.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, CA : Academic Press, c2000.
• Series: Syntax and semantics ; v. 32.
• Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.; Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammatical categories.; Grammar, syntax.; Semantics.; Language Arts & Disciplines > Grammar & Punctuation.; Language Arts & Disciplines > Linguistics > General.

To paraphrase, of the making of syntactic categories there is no end. For any theory of syntax, questions arise about its classificatory scheme: what are the categories? What properties do they have? How do they relate to each other? Eleven essays address these questions by inquiring whether there i...