Keith Brown, Jim Miller

A Critical Account of English Syntax

Grammar, Meaning, Text

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tackling the role of syntactic constructions, this companion brings out the connections between syntactic structures and semantics/pragmatics and the function of clausal structures in written and spoken texts. This is a practical yet flexible reference that you can return to again and again, whether it be for learning, research or teaching.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9780748696109
• ISBN-10: 0748696105
• Artikelnr.: 43612015

Autorenporträt

Affiliated lecturer, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge Jim Miller is Emeritus Professor at the University of Edinburgh, where he had a personal chair in Linguistics and Spoken Language. He works on the syntax and discourse organisation of spoken and written language, grammar and semantics, standard and non-standard languages, and literacy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Grammaticality
Adjectives and Adjective Phrases
Adverbs and Adverb Phrases
Adverbial Clauses
Clause and Text
Clause Structure
Clefts
Complement Clauses
Constructions
Non-Finite Clauses
Nouns and Noun Phrases
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Relative Clauses
Sentences and Clauses
Verbs and Verb Phrases
Word Classes