Introduction to English Syntax
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Introduction to English Syntax

  1. 260 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Introduction to English Syntax

About this book

This book provides an overview of basic syntactic categories, analytical methods and theoretical frameworks that are needed for a comprehensive and systematic description and analysis of the syntax of English as it is spoken and written today. It is therefore useful for students of the English language but also for teachers who are looking for an overview of traditional syntactic analysis. In addition, the book explores various related aspects, such as syntactic variation, the relation between syntax and semantics, and psycholinguistic approaches to syntax. One focus throughout is to introduce the reader to the 'art' or science of syntactic argumentation. Almost all of the examples that are found in this book are drawn from language corpora – each syntactic concept, therefore, is exemplified by authentic language data.

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Yes, you can access Introduction to English Syntax by Rolf Kreyer, Joybrato Mukherjee in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & English Language. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. 1 From Language Data to Syntactic Description
  5. 2 Words and Word Classes
  6. 3 The Verb Phrase
  7. 4 The Noun Phrase
  8. 5 Adjective, Adverb and Prepositional Phrase
  9. 6 Clauses and Sentences
  10. 7 Indeterminacy: Multiple Analysis, Fuzziness and Gradience
  11. 8 Same Same but Different? Spoken and Written Syntax
  12. 9 Syntactic Variation
  13. 10 Syntax and Meaning
  14. 11 Major Approaches to Syntactic Description: An Overview
  15. 12 Psycholinguistic Aspects of Syntax
  16. References
  17. Index