Analysing English Sentences

• Main Author: Radford, Andrew (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 2016
• Series: Cambridge textbooks in linguistics
• Subjects: English language > Syntax; Minimalist theory (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
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• Physical Description: xiv, 526 pages illustrations 26 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-566) and index
• ISBN: 9780521660082; 9780521669702

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, including 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.