The Syntax of Hungarian [Paperback]

Clearly written and comprehensive in scope, this is an essential guide to syntax in Hungarian.Clearly written and comprehensive in scope, this is an essential guide to syntax in the Hungarian language. It describes the key grammatical features of the language, focusing on the phenomena that have proved to be theoretically the most relevant and have attracted the most attention. Katalin É. Kiss's textbook explores issues currently at the centre of theoretical debates including the syntax and semantics of focus, the analysis of quantifier scope, and negative concord.Clearly written and comprehensive in scope, this is an essential guide to syntax in the Hungarian language. It describes the key grammatical features of the language, focusing on the phenomena that have proved to be theoretically the most relevant and have attracted the most attention. Katalin É. Kiss's textbook explores issues currently at the centre of theoretical debates including the syntax and semantics of focus, the analysis of quantifier scope, and negative concord.Clearly written and comprehensive in scope, this is an essential guide to syntax in the Hungarian language. It describes the key grammatical features of the language, focusing on the phenomena that have proved to be theoretically the most relevant and have attracted the most attention. Katalin É. Kiss's textbook explores issues currently at the center of theoretical debates, including the syntax and semantics of focus, the analysis of quantifier scope, and negative concord.1. Introduction; 2. The topic-predicate articulation of the sentence; 3. The minimal predicate; 4. Focusing; 5. Quantification; 6. Negation; 7. The noun phrases; 8. The postpositional phrase; 9. Non-finite and semi-finite verb phrases; 10. The subordinate clause. Readers will definitely benefit from the author's extensive analysis of Hungarian syntax, supplied with ample illustration, a profound insight into preceding and contemporary researchl…