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Analysing English sentences / Andrew Radford, University of Essex.

By: Radford, Andrew [author.].
Series: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics.Publisher: Cambridge, England, UK : Cambridge University Press, ©2016Edition: Second Edition.Description: xv, 579 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780521660082 (hardback); 9780521669702 (paperback).Subject(s): English language -- Syntax | English language -- Sentences | Minimalist theory (Linguistics) | Grammar, Comparative and general -- SyntaxDDC classification: 425 R11 2016 Online resources: Cover image
Contents:
Grammar -- Words -- Structure -- Null constituents -- Head movement -- Wh-movement -- A-bar movement.
Summary: "Andrew Radford has acquired an unrivalled reputation over the past thirty years for writing syntax textbooks in which difficult concepts are clearly explained without the excessive use of technical jargon. Analysing English Sentences continues in this tradition, offering a well-structured introduction to English syntax and contemporary syntactic theory which is supported throughout with learning aids such as summaries, lists of key hypotheses and principles, extensive references, handy hints and exercises. Instructors will also benefit from the book's free online resources, which include PowerPoint slides of chapter key points and analyses of exercise material, as well as an answer key for all the in-book exercises. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated throughout, and includes additional exercises, and an entirely new chapter on exclamative and relative clauses. Assuming no prior knowledge of grammar, this is an approachable introduction to the subject for undergraduate and graduate students"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "Analysing English Sentences, 2nd Edition Andrew Radford has acquired an unrivalled reputation over the past 30 years for writing syntax textbooks in which difficult concepts are clearly explained without the excessive use of technical jargon"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Grammar -- Words -- Structure -- Null constituents -- Head movement -- Wh-movement -- A-bar movement.

"Andrew Radford has acquired an unrivalled reputation over the past thirty years for writing syntax textbooks in which difficult concepts are clearly explained without the excessive use of technical jargon. Analysing English Sentences continues in this tradition, offering a well-structured introduction to English syntax and contemporary syntactic theory which is supported throughout with learning aids such as summaries, lists of key hypotheses and principles, extensive references, handy hints and exercises. Instructors will also benefit from the book's free online resources, which include PowerPoint slides of chapter key points and analyses of exercise material, as well as an answer key for all the in-book exercises. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated throughout, and includes additional exercises, and an entirely new chapter on exclamative and relative clauses. Assuming no prior knowledge of grammar, this is an approachable introduction to the subject for undergraduate and graduate students"-- Provided by publisher.

"Analysing English Sentences, 2nd Edition Andrew Radford has acquired an unrivalled reputation over the past 30 years for writing syntax textbooks in which difficult concepts are clearly explained without the excessive use of technical jargon"-- Provided by publisher.

College of Education Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English

Text in English

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