Elements of Structural Syntax

This volume is now finally available in English, sixty years after the death of its author, Lucien Tesnière. It has been translated from the French original into German, Spanish, Italian, and Russian, and now at long last into English as well. The volume contains a comprehensive approach to the syntax of natural languages, an approach that is foundational for an entire stream in the modern study of syntax and grammar. This stream is known today as dependency grammar (DG). Drawing examples from dozens of languages, many of which he was proficient in, Tesnière presents insightful analyses of numerous phenomena of syntax. Among the highlights are the concepts of valency and head-initial vs. head-final languages. These concepts are now taken for granted by most modern theories of syntax, even by phrase structure grammars, which represent, in a sense, the opposite sort of approach to syntax from what Tesnière was advocating

L'accent slovène et le timbre des voyelles

Tesnière Lucien. L'accent slovène et le timbre des voyelles. In: Revue des études slaves, tome 9, fascicule 1-2, 1929. pp. 89-118

Les antécédents du nom russe de la gare

Tesnière Lucien. Les antécédents du nom russe de la gare. In: Revue des études slaves, tome 27, 1951. Mélanges André Mazon. pp. 255-266

Les diphones tl, dl en slave : essai de géolinguistique

Tesnière Lucien. Les diphones tl, dl en slave : essai de géolinguistique. In: Revue des études slaves, tome 13, fascicule 1-2, 1933. pp. 51-100

Michel Lejeune, Traité de phonétique grecque (Collection «le Philologie classique, III), 1947

Tesnière Lucien. Michel Lejeune, Traité de phonétique grecque (Collection «le Philologie classique, III), 1947. In: Revue des Études Anciennes. Tome 50, 1948, n°1-2. pp. 139-141

Elements of Structural Syntax

This volume is now finally available in English, sixty years after the death of its author, Lucien Tesnière. It has been translated from the French original into German, Spanish, Italian, and Russian, and now at long last into English as well. The volume contains a comprehensive approach to the syntax of natural languages, an approach that is foundational for an entire stream in the modern study of syntax and grammar. This stream is known today as dependency grammar (DG). Drawing examples from dozens of languages, many of which he was proficient in, Tesnière presents insightful analyses of numerous phenomena of syntax. Among the highlights are the concepts of valency and head-initial vs. head-final languages. These concepts are now taken for granted by most modern theories of syntax, even by phrase structure grammars, which represent, in a sense, the opposite sort of approach to syntax from what Tesnière was advocating

Nécrologie

Meillet Antoine, Tesnière Lucien. Nécrologie. In: Revue des études slaves, tome 4, fascicule 3-4, 1924. p. 318

Nécrologie

Tesnière Lucien, Mazon André. Nécrologie. In: Revue des études slaves, tome 18, fascicule 1-2, 1938. pp. 161-162