Routledge Handbook of Syntax

<p>The study of syntax over the last half century has seen a remarkable expansion of the boundaries of human knowledge about the structure of natural language<i>. The Routledge Handbook of Syntax</i> presents a comprehensive survey of the major theoretical and empirical advances in the dynamically evolving field of syntax from a variety of perspectives both within the dominant generative paradigm and between syntacticians working within generative grammar and those working in functionalist and related approaches.</p><p>The handbook covers key issues within the field that include:</p><p>• core areas of syntactic empirical investigation</p><p>• contemporary approaches to syntactic theory</p><p>• interfaces of syntax with other components of the human language system</p><p>• experimental and computational approaches to syntax.</p><p>Bringing together renowned linguistic scientists and cutting-edge scholars from across the discipline and providing a balanced yet comprehensive overview of the field the <i>Routledge Handbook of Syntax</i> is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students working in syntactic theory.</p>