转换生成语法教程

AndrewRadfordsnewtextbookisprincipallyforstudentswithlittleornobackgroundinsyntaxwhoneedalivelyandup-to-dateintroductiontocontemporaryworkontransformationalgrammar.Itcoversfourmaintopies-thefunctionoftransformationsandtheprinciplesgoverningtheirapplication.TheframeworktakesintoaccountthemajorworkssuchasChomskysKnowledgeofLanguageandBarrierswirttensincethepublicationofRadfordswidelyacclaimedTransformationalSyntaxin1981.Notonlydoesthepresentbookuseamorerecenttheoreticalframework.butatthedescriptivelevelitcoversawiderrangeofconstructionsandrulesthanitspredecessor.AndrewRadfordiswellknownforhiseffectivepedagogicalapproach，andinthisbookevenmorecarehasbeendevotedtoprovidingasympatheticandnon-technicalintroductiontothefield.Attheendofeachchapterareexerciseswhichreinforcethetext，enablesutdentstoapplythevariousconcepts，etc.discussed，orencouragethemtolookmorecriticallyatsomeofthesaaumptionsandanalysespresented.Thebookalsohasadetailedbibliographicalbackgroundsectionandanextensivebibliographywhichwillbeausefulsourceofreferencetotheprimaryliterature.AlthoughintendedprincipallyasacoursebookforstudentsofsyntaxorEnglishgrammar.TransformationalGrammarwillbeinvaluabletoanyreaderwhoneedsastraightforwardandcomprehensiveintroductiontothelatestdevelopmentsinthisfield.