The Syntax of Spanish (Cambridge Syntax Guides)

# Read * The Syntax of Spanish (Cambridge Syntax Guides) by Karen Zagona ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Syntax of Spanish (Cambridge Syntax Guides) This clear and well-organized book is an introduction to Spanish syntax that assumes no prior knowledge of current theory. It also presents useful theoretical concepts such as semantic roles, Case, and Predication.. Following a descriptive overview of the major characteristics of the grammar, it describes facts about Spanish, such as its word order, notions of subject, direct object, auxiliary verb etc The book combines traditional grammatical description with perspectives gained from rece

Author	:	Karen Zagona
Rating	:	4.85 (852 Votes)
Asin	:	0521576849
Format Type	:	paperback
Number of Pages	:	300 Pages
Publish Date	:	2015-02-04
Language	:	English

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This clear and well-organized book is an introduction to Spanish syntax that assumes no prior knowledge of current theory. It also presents useful theoretical concepts such as semantic roles, Case, and Predication.. Following a descriptive overview of the major characteristics of the grammar, it describes facts about Spanish, such as its word order, notions of "subject", "direct object", "auxiliary verb" etc The book combines traditional grammatical description with perspectives gained from recent research in the Principles and Parameters framework

Karen Zagona is Associate Professor of Linguistics and adjunct Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Washington. . She is author of Verb Phrase Syntax: A Parametric Study of English and Spanish (1988), editor of Grammatical Theory and Romance Languages (1995), and co-editor, with Ivonne Bordelois and Heles Contreras, of Generative Studies in Spanish Syntax (1986)

' an impeccable introduction to the analysis of Spanish within the generative paradigm.' Bulletin of Spanish Studies