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English syntax and argumentation / Bas Aarts

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, c2018Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xx, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781137605795
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PE 1369 .Aa78 2018
Contents:
Part1. Function and Form -- Part2.Elaboration -- Part3. Argumentation -- Part4. Application .
Summary: Written by a leading authority on the subject, the fifth edition of this bestselling book provides students with a thorough grounding in the essentials of sentence structure and the fundamentals of syntactic argumentation. Divided into four parts, it begins by examining the basic concepts that underpin the study of syntax, before moving on to more complex issues. The first part introduces the foundations of syntax, namely clauses and sentences; the second looks at the internal structure of phrases and the bridge between syntax and semantics; the third deals with syntactic argumentation; and the fourth focuses on argumentation and its application. Chapters feature clear explanations of technical terms, easy-to-follow examples and interactive exercises to illustrate key ideas. This theoretically-neutral text will be core reading for all students of English, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics who are encountering the study of syntax for the first time.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex General Circulation English and Language Studies GC PE 1369 .Aa78 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000015932

Includes index.

Part1. Function and Form -- Part2.Elaboration -- Part3. Argumentation -- Part4. Application .

Written by a leading authority on the subject, the fifth edition of this bestselling book provides students with a thorough grounding in the essentials of sentence structure and the fundamentals of syntactic argumentation. Divided into four parts, it begins by examining the basic concepts that underpin the study of syntax, before moving on to more complex issues. The first part introduces the foundations of syntax, namely clauses and sentences; the second looks at the internal structure of phrases and the bridge between syntax and semantics; the third deals with syntactic argumentation; and the fourth focuses on argumentation and its application. Chapters feature clear explanations of technical terms, easy-to-follow examples and interactive exercises to illustrate key ideas. This theoretically-neutral text will be core reading for all students of English, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics who are encountering the study of syntax for the first time.

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