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

Burton-Roberts, Prof Noel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582248760 ISBN 13: 9780582248762

Publisher: Longman, 1997

Synopsis

This highly successful text has established itself as a standard introduction to the practical analysis of English sentence structure. In this second edition, Noel Burton-Roberts has fully revised his original text to improve the clarity of exposition and the level of exemplification and to make the analysis more consistent with current assumptions.

As before, important concepts such as constituency, category and function are carefully explained as they are introduced. Tree diagrams are clearly explained and used throughout to help the reader visualise the hierarchical structure of sentences. The final chapter sets the analysis within the context of generative grammar and language study in general.

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 "...;a versatile text; it should be a welcome addition in many curricula."  Language

From the Back Cover:

Back Cover
Learning about language
General Editors- Mick Short, Lancaster University
Guy Cook, Institute of Education, University of London
This highly successful text has established itself as a standard introduction to the practical analysis of English sentence structure. In this second edition, Noel Burton-Roberts has fully revised his original text to improve the clarity of exposition and the level of exemplification and to make the analysis more consistent with current assumptions.
As before, important concepts such as constituency, category and function are carefully explained as they are introduced. Tree diagrams are clearly explained and used throughout to help the reader visualise the hierarchical structure of sentences. The final chapter sets the analysis within the context of generative grammar and language study in general.
Even more than the first edition, this is a practical text, with many more exercises. These include in-text and end-of-chapter exercises with full answers and, now, further exercises without answers for use in seminar. Some are designed for practice of the analytical skills covered in the chapters, others are designed to encourage further thought.
Clear development from chapter to chapter, together with the author’s attractive and accessible style, make this text suitable for readers with no previous experience of such analysis. It can be used in self-directed study and in taught courses, by students of linguistics and those studying language as part of a wider course.
Noel Burton-Roberts is Professor of English Language and Linguistics in the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

About this edition

• Publisher: Longman
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0582248760
• ISBN 13: 9780582248762
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 324