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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankExploringLanguageStructureDesignedforthosebeginningtostudylinguistics,thisisalivelyintroductiontotwokeyaspectsofthestructureoflan-guage:syntax(thestructureofsentences)andmorphology(thestructureofwords).Itshowsstudentsinastep-b
2、y-stepfashionhowtoanalyzethesyntaxandmorphologyofanylanguage,byclearlydescribingthebasicmethodsandtech-niques,andprovidingalmost100practicalexercisesbasedondatafromarichvarietyoftheworld’slanguages.Writteninanengagingstyleandcompletewithacomprehensivegloss
3、ary,Exploringlanguagestructureexplainslinguisticconceptsbyusingclearanalogiesfromeverydaylife.Itintroducesarangeofessentialtopicsinsyntaxandmorphologysuchasrules,categories,wordclasses,grammaticalrelations,multi-clauseconstructions,andtypology.Providingaso
4、lidfoundationinmorphologyandsyntax,thisistheperfectintroductorytextforbeginningstudents,andwillfullypreparethemformoreadvancedcoursesinlinguisticanalysis.thomase.payneisResearchAssociateintheDepart-mentofLinguistics,UniversityofOregon,andInternationalLingu
5、isticsConsultantatSILInternational.Hespecializesinthegrammaticaldescriptionofundocumentedlanguages,andhastraveledextensivelyinAsia,Africa,andtheAmeri-caslecturingandconductinghisresearch.HeisauthorofDescribingmorphosyntax:Aguideforfieldlinguists(CambridgeUn
6、iversityPress,1997).ExploringLanguageStructureAStudent’sGuideTHOMASE.PAYNEcambridgeuniversitypressCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmeri
7、cabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521855426©ThomasE.Payne2006Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofan
8、ypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublishedinprintformat2006isbn-13978-0-511-14008-2eBook(EBL)isbn-100-511-14008-8eBook(EBL)isbn-13978-0-521-85542-6hardbackisbn-100-5