This book provides a complete and detailed overview of modern English syntax, and offers a thorough grounding in the essentials of sentence structure and syntactic argumentation. Clear, accessible and comprehensive, it contains a wealth of material to support readers in consolidating their learning and knowledge at every step, from basic concepts to more advanced topics. Now in its sixth edition, this textbook includes:
- fully updated chapters
- refreshed learning materials
- a fully revised glossary, list of reference works, and bibliography Equipped with lists of key concept, exercises and further reading suggestions in each chapter, as well as a detailed answer key at the end of the book, this highly accessible, engaging and supportive text covers all the topics needed for a confident understanding of English syntax.
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- English
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English Syntax and Argumentation
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Dedication
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface to the Sixth Edition
- Part I Grammatical Form and Grammatical Function
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Grammatical Form: Words, Word Classes and Phrases
- 3 Grammatical Function
- 4 More on Form: Clauses and Sentences
- 5 The Grammatical Form – Grammatical Function Interface
- Part II Elaboration
- 6 Predicates, Arguments and Thematic Roles
- 7 Cross-categorial Generalisations: X-bar Syntax
- 8 More on Clauses
- 9 Movement
- 10 Tense, Aspect and Mood
- Part III Argumentation
- 11 Syntactic Argumentation
- 12 Constituency: Movement and Substitution
- 13 Constituency: Some Additional Tests
- 14 Predicates and Arguments Revisited
- Part IV Application
- 15 Information Packaging
- 16 Grammatical Indeterminacy
- 17 Case Studies
- Glossary
- Reference Works: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Grammars and Other Publications on the English Language
- Bibliography
- Answer Key for the Exercises
- Index
- Copyright
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