Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction
by Ivan A. Sag, Thomas Wasow
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language 1999
ISBN/ASIN: 1575861607
ISBN-13: 9781575861609
Number of pages: 483
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This textbook grew out of our efforts to develop teaching material for the undergraduate-level Introduction to Syntax course that has been taught at Stanford University for over twenty years. It is particularly well suited to general readers or those who work in disciplines related to linguistics, such as psychology, philosophy, mathematics, or computer science.
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