Analysing Sentences: An Introduction to English Syntax (Learning about Language) - Softcover

Burton-Roberts, Noel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367633752 ISBN 13: 9780367633752

Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

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 new material, new example sentences and a more reader-friendly layout. The final chapter sets the analysis in its theoretical context and includes an introduction to constituency in X-bar syntax. The book is also supported by an updated companion website featuring extra exercises for students and a complete set of answers for instructors for the online activities and exercises in the book.

Accessible and clear, this book is the perfect textbook for readers coming to this topic for the first time. Featuring many in-text and end-of-chapter exercises, it is suitable for self-directed study as well as for use as core reading on introductory syntax courses.

About this title

About the Author

Noel Burton-Roberts is Emeritus Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK.

From the Back Cover

Accessible and clear, this book is the perfect textbook for readers coming to this topic for the first time. Featuring in-text and end-of-chapter exercises, it is suitable for self-directed study as well as for use as core reading on introductory syntax courses.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367633752
• ISBN 13: 9780367633752
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 292