An Introduction to English Syntax

Miller, Jim

ISBN 10: 0748633618 / ISBN 13: 9780748633616

Editore: Edinburgh University Press, 2008

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Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Codice articolo GRP89878712

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Titolo: An Introduction to English Syntax

Casa editrice: Edinburgh University Press

Data di pubblicazione: 2008

Legatura: Brossura

Condizione: Good

Edizione: seconda edizione

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Riassunto:

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

L'autore:

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