1st Edition

A Modern Course in English Syntax

By Liliane Haegeman, Herman Wekker Copyright 1985
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

This popular course book gives students of English and linguistics a systematic account of the rules of English syntax, and acquaints them with the general methodology of syntactic description. It teaches them how to formulate syntactic arguments, and how to apply the tests in the analysis of sentences.

Chapter 1 Aims and Methods; Chapter 2 Constituents; Chapter 3 Functions; Chapter 4 Processes; Chapter 5 Non-Finite Clauses: Raising and Control; Chapter 6 Reanalysis: A Problem of Bracketing; Chapter 7 Levels of Structure;

Biography

Haegeman, Liliane; Wekker, Herman