TY - BOOK AU - D.J. Allerton TI - Essentials of grammatical theory: a consensus view of syntax a morphology SN - 9781315519975 U1 - Elb 415 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Grammar, comparative and general N2 - he aim of this book, first published in 1979, is to provide a sound basic introduction to the study of grammar within linguistics. The work concentrates primarily on the core of grammatical theory rather than a single narrow theoretical viewpoint. After introductory chapters on the study of language and language as a semiotic system, the precise tasks of grammatical theory are clearly outlined. The aims and problems of generative grammar are then described, and the importance of grammatical analysis is highlighted. The central part of the book is devoted to the fundamental questions of syntactic theory and a detailed study of morphology. Finally, the author surveys the problems of grammar beyond the sentence. This title will be of interest to students of linguistics UR - https://sic-library.pilc.org.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=1fb6174ab127e1db7dec367a55756f3a ER -