English Syntax and Argumentation
5th Edition
Published on 19. May 1997
Book
Hardback
297 pages
978-0-333-64305-1 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook on English syntax aims to give students a thorough grounding in the basics of sentence structure, and at the same time strives to acquaint them with the essentials of syntactic argument. The text is written in a user-friendly style with many 'hands-on' in-text and chapter-final exercises. At the end of each chapter there is a section with suggested further reading material, and there is a bibliography and list of recommended reference works at the end of the book.
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Series
Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-333-64305-1 (9780333643051)
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English Syntax and Argumentation
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Person
Bas Aarts is Professor of English Linguistics at University College London, UK. Since 1997, Bas Aarts has been the Director of the Survey of English Usage, which is an internatioanlly recognised and highly regarded centre of excellence for research in the area of English Language and Linguistics. A founding editor of the journal English Language and Linguistics, Professor Aarts's area of expertise lies in the field of verbal syntax.
Content
Preface - PART 1: FUNCTION AND FORM - Introduction - Functions - Form: Words, Word Classes and Phrases - More on Form: Clauses and Sentences - The Function-Form Interface - PART 2: ELABORATION - Predicates, Arguments and Thematic Roles - Cross-Categorial Generalisations: X-bar Syntax - Movement - PART 3: ARGUMENTATION - Syntactic Argumentation - Constituency: Movement and Substitution - Constituency: Some Additional Tests - Predicates and Arguments Revisited - PART 4: APPLICATION - Case Studies - Reference Works - Bibliography - Index