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020 | _a9781118659946 (paper) | ||
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100 | 1 | _aTortora, Christina | |
245 | 1 | 0 | _aUnderstanding sentence structure : an introduction to English syntax |
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_aHoboken, NJ : _bWiley-Blackwell, _c2018. |
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_axix, 348 pages : _bcharts, |
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490 | 0 | _aLinguistics in the world | |
505 | _aLet's get parsing! -- The subject NP- outside and In -- The subject's better half: the verb phrase -- Up close and personal with the prepositional phrase -- Infinite wisdom: sentences inside the verb phrase -- It's more complex than that: the complex noun phrase -- Making their presence felt: silent categories -- The main attraction: main verbs and the simple tenses -- The support system: auxiliaries and the compound tenses -- It takes a village: main verbs, auxiliaries, tense, and negation -- Unfinished business. | ||
520 | _a"This book is for people who have never thought about syntax, and who don't know anything about grammar, but who want to learn. Assuming a blank slate on the part of the reader, the book treats English grammar as a product of the speaker's mind, and builds up student skills by exploring phrases and sentences with more and more complexity, as the chapters proceed"-- | ||
650 | 0 | _aEnglish language | |
650 | 7 | _aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General. | |
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