English Syntax and Argumentation
eBook - ePub

English Syntax and Argumentation

  1. 408 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

English Syntax and Argumentation

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Series Page
  5. Title Page
  6. Contents
  7. Preface to the Sixth Edition
  8. Part I Grammatical Form and Grammatical Function
  9. 1 Introduction
  10. 2 Grammatical Form: Words, Word Classes and Phrases
  11. 3 Grammatical Function
  12. 4 More on Form: Clauses and Sentences
  13. 5 The Grammatical Form – Grammatical Function Interface
  14. Part II Elaboration
  15. 6 Predicates, Arguments and Thematic Roles
  16. 7 Cross-categorial Generalisations: X-bar Syntax
  17. 8 More on Clauses
  18. 9 Movement
  19. 10 Tense, Aspect and Mood
  20. Part III Argumentation
  21. 11 Syntactic Argumentation
  22. 12 Constituency: Movement and Substitution
  23. 13 Constituency: Some Additional Tests
  24. 14 Predicates and Arguments Revisited
  25. Part IV Application
  26. 15 Information Packaging
  27. 16 Grammatical Indeterminacy
  28. 17 Case Studies
  29. Glossary
  30. Reference Works: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Grammars and Other Publications on the English Language
  31. Bibliography
  32. Answer Key for the Exercises
  33. Index
  34. Copyright