English Syntax and Argumentation
5th Edition
Published on 10. January 2018
402 pages
978-1-350-30803-9 (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
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
18 bw illus
ISBN-13
978-1-350-30803-9 (9781350308039)
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Bas Aarts
English Syntax and Argumentation
Book
08/2017
5th Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€38.51
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Person
Bas Aarts is Professor of English Linguistics and Director of the Survey of English Usage at University College London, UK. His research interest is in the field of syntax, more specifically verbal syntax. His recent publications include: Syntactic gradience (2007, OUP), Oxford modern English grammar (2011, OUP), The English verb phrase (2013, edited with J. Close, G. Leech and S. Wallis, CUP), Oxford dictionary of English Grammar (2nd edition 2014; edited with S. Chalker and E. Weiner, OUP), as well as articles in books and journals. He is a founding editor of the journal English Language and Linguistics (CUP).
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.
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.
