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The Syntax of Spanish

KAREN ZAGONA

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Clear and well-organized, this textbook is an introduction to Spanish syntax,

which assumes no prior knowledge of current theory. Beginning with a

descriptive overview of the major characteristics of the grammar, it goes on

to describe facts about Spanish, such as its word order, notions of “subject,”

“direct object,” “auxiliary verb” and so on. The book combines traditional

grammatical description with perspectives gained from recent research in the

Principles and Parameters framework. It also presents useful theoretical

notions such as semantic roles, Case and Predication.

Accessibly written, the book gives just enough background so as to allow

the reader to understand the lines of investigation that have been pursued in

accounting for such issues as clause structure and constituent order. It will be

of use to students who are interested in grammar, Spanish, or in some of the

basic results of modern, formal linguistic theory.

is Associate Professor of Linguistics and adjunct Associate

Professor of Spanish at the University of Washington. She is author of Verb

Phrase Syntax: A Parametric Study of English and Spanish (1988), editor of

Grammatical Theory and Romance Languages (1995), and co-editor, with

Ivonne Bordelois and Heles Contreras, of Generative Studies in Spanish

Syntax (1986).

General editors:

J. Bresnan, D. Lightfoot, I. Robertson, N. V. Smith, N. Vincent

ndings,

both descriptive and theoretical, which have emerged from the study of par-

ticular languages. The series is not committed to working in any particular

framework, but rather seeks to make language-speci

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c research available to

eld, these guides will each include an

overview of the grammatical structures of the language concerned. For the

descriptivist, the books will provide an accessible introduction to the

methods and results of the theoretical literature; for the theoretician, they

will show how constructions that have achieved theoretical notoriety

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gures in the

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t into

the structure of the language as a whole; for everyone, they will promote

cross-theoretical and cross-linguistic comparison with respect to a well-

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ned body of data.

Responding to the increasing interest in comparative syntax, the goal of the

Cambridge Syntax Guides is to make available to all linguists major

theoreticians and practitioners of all persuasions.

Written by leading

The Syntax of Spanish

KAREN ZAGONA

PUBLISHED BY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS (VIRTUAL PUBLISHING)

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First published in printed format 2002

A catalogue record for the original printed book is available

from the British Library and from the Library of Congress

Original ISBN 0 521 57177 4 hardback

Original ISBN 0 521 57684 9 paperback

ISBN 0 511 01581 X virtual (netLibrary Edition)

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