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Edge-based clausal syntax : a study of (mostly) English object structure / Paul M. Postal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Postal, Paul Martin, 1936-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Clauses.
- English language--Syntax.
- English language.
- English language--Clauses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (484 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this volume, Paul Postal rejects the notion that an English phrase of the form [V + DP] invariably involves a grammatical relation properly chracterized as a 'direct object'. He argues instead that at least three distinct relations occur in such a structure.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-451) and indexes.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-29505-9
- 1-280-49902-8
- 9786613594259
- 0-262-29548-2
- OCLC:
- 793520234
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