Robert Freidin (New Jersey Princeton University)

Adventures in English Syntax

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This unique resource will enrich readers' understanding of English in ways that will make them more effective users of the language. Using clear examples, and assuming no knowledge of linguistics, it introduces the basic concepts of syntactic structure, and shows how they can be applied to reading and writing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 149mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 356g
• ISBN-13: 9781108737807
• ISBN-10: 1108737803
• Artikelnr.: 56875365

Autorenporträt

Robert Freidin is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Princeton University, New Jersey and author of Syntax: Basic Concepts and Applications (Cambridge, 2012).

Inhaltsangabe

1. One fish two fish: an adventure in ambiguity
2. Exceptional students and teachers
3. Introduction to language and linguistics
4. A review of a book by two philosophers
5. Bob is certain to succeed
6. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife
7. Does every politician who cheats instinctively lie?
8. Inferior defenses could then, as now, be tackled, as Vernon did at Porto Bello, Exmouth at Algiers, and Seymour at Alexandria
Concluding comment.