Beginning syntax
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Beginning syntax
Blackwell, 1993
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9780631188261
Description
This is an elementary introduction to syntactic analysis. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject whatsoever, it is intended for students who are encountering such analysis for the first time. For those embarking on a longer term study of syntax, this will be a valuable and quickly assimilated foundation course. For students who will need to use syntax as a basic descriptive tool - such as trainee teachers, speech therapists or students of literacy style - the book provides a framework for their analysis and practice in its use. The book begins by looking at the use of generalizations in describing sentence structure and the basis for word categories. It then moves through increasingly more complex constructions giving students plenty of opportunity by way of practical exercises to understand the basis of each analysis before moving further. The aim of the book is not to explore complex issues of argumentation. Its emphasis is on practical "hands on" analysis.
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations.
1. Tools for Analysis.
2. More on Categories.
3. The Verb Phrase.
4. The Verb Group.
5. The Noun Phrase.
6. Subordination and Coordination.
Summary of All Rules.
Answers to Exercises.
Further Reading.
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ISBN 9780631188278
Description
This is an elementary introduction to syntactic analysis. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject whatsoever, it is intended for students who are encountering such analysis for the first time. For those embarking on a longer term study of syntax, this should be a valuable and quickly assimilated foundation course. For students who will need to use syntax as a basic descriptive tool - such as trainee teachers, speech therapists or students of literary style - the book provides a framework for their analysis and practice in its use. The book begins by looking at the use of generalizations in describing sentence structure and the basis for word categories. It then moves through increasingly more complex constructions, giving students plenty of opportunity, by way of practical exercises, to understand the basis of each analysis before moving further. The aim of the book is not to explore complex issues of argumentation - its emphasis is on practical "hand on" analysis. The text is aimed at undergraduates taking elementary courses in linguistics, syntax and English grammar, and trainee teachers and speech therapists.
Table of Contents
- Tools for analysis
- more on categories
- the verb phrase
- the verb group
- the noun phrase
- subordination and coordination.
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