English Syntax, Second Edition

Name: English Syntax, Second Edition
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ISBN: 9780262521987

ISBN-10: 0262521989

ISBN-13: 9780262521987

Edition: 2nd 1995

Authors: C. L. Baker

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English Syntax is an authoritative, self-contained introduction to the subject for students who have had no prior coursework in syntactic theory. The detailed revisions throughout this new edition are aimed at increasing its clarity and usefulness. There are changes in almost every chapter, including a large number of new exercises and several new subsections. In addition there are two new appendixes, the first sketching the relation of English syntax to the wider field of generative syntactic theory, the second summarizing the basic syntactic structures discussed in the body of the text. Specific changes include a fuller discussion, at the beginning of chapter 3, of the difference between…

Book details

List price: $80.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 3/27/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 666
Size: 7.09" wide x 8.94" long x 1.19" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Preface to the Second Edition



Introduction



The Field of English Syntax



The Syntax of Phrases: Heads, Complements, and Subjects



Major English Phrase Types



Phrase-Internal Syntax: Heads and Their Complements



Clauses as Complements and Subjects



Noun Phrases



Locative Phrases, Motion Phrases, and Particles



Free Relative Clauses



Subjects of Phrases



Passives and the Easy Construction



The Syntax of Phrases: Modification



Modification of Nouns and Noun Phrases



Modification of Verb Phrases and Sentences



Degree Modification



Special Constructions



Special Subject-Predicate Relations



Special Sentence Types



Some Topics in the Semantic Interpretation of English



Negation



Conjunction and Ellipsis



Time Relations and Aspect


Appendix A The Context of English Syntax: Epilogue with References


Appendix B Summary of Basic Syntactic Structures


Index