5th Edition
Analysing Sentences An Introduction to English Syntax
By Noel Burton-Roberts
Copyright 2022
292 Pages
307 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
292 Pages
307 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
292 Pages
307 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Analysing Sentences is an accessible and student-friendly introduction to the practical analysis of English sentence structure.
The book covers key concepts such as constituency, category and functions, and uses tree diagrams throughout to help the reader visualise the structure of sentences. The fifth edition of this best-selling textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised to feature... Read more
Preface to the fifth edition
Preface to the fourth edition
Preface to the third edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Introduction
1 Sentence Structure: Constituents
2 Sentence Structure: Functions
3 Sentence Structure: Categories
4 The basic Verb Phrase
5 Adverbials and Other Matters
6 More on verbs: auxiliary VPs
7 The structure of Noun Phrases
8 Sentences within Sentences
9 Wh-Clauses
10 Non-finite Clauses
11 Languages, Sentences, and Grammars
Index
Biography
Noel Burton-Roberts is Emeritus Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK.
