Part I: Against Syntactic Categories as Theoretical Primitives1:
Syntactic Argumentation and Radical Construction Grammar
2: Parts of Speech
3: Syntactic Categories and Semantic Relativity
4: Grammatical Relations/Syntactic Roles
Part II: Against Syntactic Relations5: Dependency, Constituency,
and Linear Order
6: A Radical Approach to Syntactic Relations
7: Heads, Complements, and Adjuncts
Part III: Against Universal Syntactic Constructions8: The Voice
Continuum
9: The Coordination-Subordination Continuum
10: Syntactic Theory and the Theory of Language
William Croft received his Ph.D. in linguistics at Stanford
University in 1986. His publications includeTypology and Universals
(1990), Syntactic Categories and Grammatical Relations (1991),
Studies in Typology and Diachrony (coedited with Keith Denning and
Suzanne Kemmer, 1990), Explaining Language Change: An Evolutionary
Approach (2000), and a large number of scholarly articles. His
current research areas include syntax,
semantics, typology, and historical linguistics. Forthcoming books
include Cognitive Linguistics (with D. Alan Cruse) and Verbs:
Aspect and Argument Structure.
An important and original work by one of the world's leading linguistic theorists. Radical Construction Grammar presents a profound critique of syntactic theory, offers a new approach to syntax, and uncovers the real universals of grammar. It will particularly interest those concerned with theories of grammar and language typology, and with mind/language relations. Folia Linguistica
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