Syntax of Welsh

A Transformational Study of the Passive

G. M. Awbery

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Cambridge University Press
12 March 2009

linguistics; Grammar, syntax; Languages & ESL; Welsh - Grammar; Welsh - Teachers' Resources; Welsh - Languages

Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

This is a full-length study of a Celtic language from the standpoint of modern linguistic theory. Dr Awbery particularly discusses a topic - the passive form of the verb - which has itself been of central interest in previous work on transformational grammar. She is thus able to test certain tenets of transformational theory against data from a previously unconsidered language. The results are significant, and argue clearly for a separation of syntactic and semantic analysis; constructions which are related syntactically are shown to have no necessary semantic relation, and the type of description which can reveal one set of relationships is not able to reveal the other. The book is therefore a contribution both to linguistic theory and to the study of the Welsh language. Each step in the argument is carefully explained and documented, and no prior knowledge of Welsh is assumed.

By: G. M. Awbery
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 18
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9780521102599
ISBN 10: 0521102596
Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 12 March 2009
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Active sentences; 2. Passive sentences; 3. More Passives; 4. Restrictions on the passive; 5. Other agent transformations; 6. A deep structure agent phrase?; 7. Conclusions.