Edge-Based Clausal Syntax: A Study of (Mostly) English Object Structure

by Paul M. Postal

An argument that there are three kinds of English grammatical objects, each with different syntactic properties.

In Edge-Based Clausal Syntax, Paul Postal rejects the notion that an English phrase of the form V ] DP] invariably involves a grammatical relation properly characterized as a direct object. He argues instead that at least three distinct relations occur in such a structure. The different syntactic properties of these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262512750
• ISBN13: 9780262512756
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 465 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher