„Three outstanding linguists have combined forces to giveus an exceptionally clear step-by-step empirically rich andexercise-rich introduction to the question of how to scientificallystudy human language morphology and syntax.“
Richard S. Kayne, New York University
„This is the most thorough and sophisticated introduction tosyntax and morphology that I have seen. The authors present themost solid results of the research of the last fifty years, as wellas the arguments and the scientific methodology that have beeninstrumental in achieving them: a unique feature of thisintroduction, which brings the reader to a very deep level ofunderstanding without assuming any prior knowledge.“
Guglielmo Cinque, Ca' Foscari University
„This terrific textbook presents in depth analyses oflinguistic phenomena accompanied by wonderfully crafted problemsets and very useful conceptual comments on the connection betweenthe study of language and other areas of scientificinquiry.“
Danny Fox, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory
von Dominique Sportiche, Hilda Koopman und Edward Stabler* Includes numerous pedagogical features such as'practice' boxes and sidebars, designed to facilitateunderstanding of both the 'hows' and the'whys' of sentence structure
* Guides readers through syntactic and morphological structuresin a progressive manner
* Takes the mystery out of one of the most crucial aspects of theworkings of language - the principles and processes behindthe structure of sentences
* Ideal for students with minimal knowledge of current syntacticresearch, it progresses in theoretical difficulty from basic ideasand theories to more complex and advanced, up to date concepts insyntactic theory
