Introducing English Syntax
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| ISBN13: | 9781138037496 |
| ISBN10: | 1138037494 |
| Kötéstípus: | Puhakötés |
| Terjedelem: | 274 oldal |
| Méret: | 234x156 mm |
| Súly: | 408 g |
| Nyelv: | angol |
| Illusztrációk: | 30 Line drawings, black & white; 20 Tables, black & white |
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Introducing English Syntax provides a basic introduction to Syntax for students studying English as a foreign language at university. This book requires no previous knowledge of linguistics and is essential reading for international students studying English syntax for the first time.
Introducing English Syntax provides a basic introduction to syntax for students studying English as a foreign language at university. Examining English phrase and sentence structure from a descriptive point of view, this book develops the reader?s understanding of the characteristic features of English sentence construction and provides the necessary theoretical apparatus for engaging with the language.
Key features include:
- A unique framework combining theoretical and practical approaches to provide an insight into the intricacies of English syntax;
- An accessible and clear style which guides the learner through analysis, application and practical construction of sentences;
- A range of exercises at the end of each chapter and a brand new e-resource housing answers and commentaries to these exercises.
This book requires no previous knowledge of linguistics and is essential reading for students and teachers of applied linguistics and EFL/ESL, as well as those who seek a basic grounding in English sentence structure.
Introduction
1. Basic Elements of Grammatical Structure
2. The Simple Sentence and its Grammatical Functions
3. Structural variations of the simple sentence and functional consequences
4. Phrases and their Structure (I)
5. Phrases and their Structure (II)
6. The Multiple Sentence
7. Non
-finite clauses in the complex sentence (I): The Infinitive
8. Non
-finite clauses in the complex sentence (II): The Gerund
9. Non
-finite clauses in the complex sentence (III): The participles
10. The complex phrase (I): The complex noun phrase
11. The complex phrase (II): Complex prepositional and adjective phrases
12.Selected clause constructions.
Bibliography
Index
