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 Jan 10 2018
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 5th
Extent 402
ISBN 9781137605801
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 18 bw illus
Series Modern Linguistics
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Bas Aarts

Bas Aarts is Professor of English Linguistics and…

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