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English Syntax and Argumentation

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English Syntax and Argumentation

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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.

Table of Contents

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.

Product details

Published Aug 22 2017
Format Paperback
Edition 5th
Pages 424
ISBN 9781137605795
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 18 bw illus
Dimensions 235 x 155 mm
Series Modern Linguistics
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Bas Aarts

Bas Aarts is Professor of English Linguistics and…

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