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,An Introduction to English Sentence Structure
This outstanding resource for students 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. This is
an abridged version of Radford’s major new textbook Analysing English
Sentences (also published by Cambridge University Press), and will be
welcomed as a handy introduction to current syntactic theory.
andrew radford is Professor & Head of the 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).
,
,An Introduction to English Sentence Structure
This outstanding resource for students 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. This is
an abridged version of Radford’s major new textbook Analysing English
Sentences (also published by Cambridge University Press), and will be
welcomed as a handy introduction to current syntactic theory.
andrew radford is Professor & Head of the 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).
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