An Introduction to English Syntax (Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language)

Jim Miller

ISBN 10: 0748633618 / ISBN 13: 9780748633616

Editore: Edinburgh University Press 2008-08-20, 2008

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• Titolo: An Introduction to English Syntax (Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language)
• Editore: Edinburgh University Press 2008-08-20
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0748633618
• ISBN 13: 9780748633616
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Edizione: seconda edizione
• Condizione: New

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REVIEW FROM PREVIOUS EDITION: 'A slim and useful student textbook for English Syntax. Although most of the examples are from English, the book introduces general concepts which provide the necessary tools for a basic syntactic analysis of any language. The book concentrates on topics that will remain useful to the student who does not go on to study linguistics but, say, literature or EFL teaching.' - The Year's Work in English StudiesIn this revised and fully updated new edition of his popular textbook, Jim Miller discusses the central concepts of syntax which are applied in a wide range of university courses, in business communication, in teaching and in speech therapy. The book deals with concepts which are central to traditional grammar but have been greatly refined over the past forty years: parts of speech and how to recognise them, constructions and their interrelationships, subordinate clauses and how to recognise the different types, subjects and objects, Agents and Patients and other roles

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Jim Miller is Emeritus Professor at the University of Edinburgh, where he had a personal chair in Linguistics and Spoken Language. He works on the syntax and discourse organisation of spoken and written language, grammar and semantics, standard and non-standard languages, and literacy.

Jim Miller is Professor of Linguistics and Spoken Language at the University of Edinburgh