Introduction to English Sentence Structure

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Radford is Professor and Head of Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex. His recent publications include Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the Structure of English (Cambridge! 2004) and English Syntax: An Introduction (Cambridge! 2004). Klappentext This outstanding resource for students offers a step-by-step! practical introduction to English syntax and syntactic principles! as developed by Chomsky. Zusammenfassung This textbook offers a step-by-step! practical introduction to English syntax and syntactic principles! as developed by Chomsky over the past 15 years. Assuming little or no prior background in syntax! Andrew Radford outlines the core concepts and how they can be used to describe various aspects of English sentence structure. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Grammar; 2. Structure; 3. Null constituents; 4. Head movement; 5. Wh-movement; 6. A-movement; 7. Agreement! case and movement; 8. Split projections; 9. Phases.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Radford, Andrew (University of Essex) Radford
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2009
• EAN: 9780521516938
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51693-8
• No. of pages: 456
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics