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P.H. Matthews - Syntax
Reprinted 1984, Cambridge University Press
306 pag., isbn 0 521`29709
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"This is a textbook of a fundamental kind, designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of syntax. Professor Matthews does not expound the model of any one theoretical school; nor does he attempt a straightfroward synthesis of already published work. He believes that students have much to gain from the descriptive traditions of individual languages as well as from theorists. His approach is therefore thematic, dealing with the nature of syntactic relations and all the main types of construction (prdication, attribution, coordination, etc.). there is much that is original, and every chapter manifests Professor Matthews' characteristic good sense and scholarly discernment.
Students will find this volume a challenging one, for Professor Matthews draws attention to the weakness of much current syntactic theory and, in particular, considers the problem of indeterminacy, which theorists have not been able to treat in any systematic way. But the exposition is always lucid and helpfully exemplified, mainly by English. Each chapter ends with a detailed bibliographical survey, which includes notes on terminology and other point of difficulty.
'Syntax' clearly bridges the gap between the teaching of English grammar and that of more theoretical models, and students of English language and linguistics generally will find it a textbook of lasting value.
The author: Professor of Linguistics in the University of Cambridge "