{"product_id":"9789027212122","title":"Elements of Structural Syntax","description":"This volume appears now finally in English, sixty years after the death of its author, Lucien Tesnière. It has been translated from the French original into German, Spanish, Italian, and Russian, and now at long last into English as well. The volume contains a comprehensive approach to the syntax of natural languages, an approach that is foundational for an entire stream in the modern study of syntax and grammar. This stream is known today as \u003ci\u003edependency grammar\u003c\/i\u003e (DG). Drawing examples from dozens of languages, many of which he was proficient in, Tesnière presents insightful analyses of numerous phenomena of syntax. Among the highlights are the concepts of \u003ci\u003evalency\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ehead-initial\u003c\/i\u003e vs. \u003ci\u003ehead-final\u003c\/i\u003e languages. These concepts are now taken for granted by most modern theories of syntax, even by \u003ci\u003ephrase structure grammars\u003c\/i\u003e, which represent, in a sense, the opposite sort of approach to syntax from what Tesnière was advocating.\u003cbr\u003eNow Open Access as part of the\u003cbr\u003e Knowledge Unlatched 2017 Backlist Collection.","brand":"John Benjamins Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50096722837744,"sku":"9789027212122","price":173.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789027212122","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}