Sentence Structure

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Psychology Press, 2005 - 122 páginas
Routledge Language Workbooks provide absolute beginners with practical introductions to core areas of language study. Books in the series provide comprehensive coverage of the area as well as a basis for further investigation. Each Language Workbook guides the reader through the subject using 'hands-on' language analysis, equipping them with the basic analytical skills needed to handle a wide range of data. Written in a clear and simple style, with all technical concepts fully explained, Language Workbooks can be used for independent study or as part of a taught class. Sentence Structure introduces the evidence for sentence structure and reveals its purpose is based on a problem-solving approach to language teaches the reader how to identify word classes, such as noun, preposition and demonstrative uses simple tree structures to analyse sentences contains numerous exercises to encourage practical skills of sentence analysis includes a database and exercises that compare the structure of English with other languages. The second edition of Sentence Structure has been revised and updated throughout.

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1 PHRASES
1
The noun phrase
11
Adjective phrase adverb phrase and preposition phrase
20
4 THE VERB THE VERB PHRASE AND THE AUXILIARIES
31
5 THE SIMPLE SENTENCE AND ITS TREE STRUCTURE
40
6 NOUN PHRASES
55
7 ROOT SENTENCE AND SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
64
8 MEANING AND FORM
79
FURTHER READING
90
PROJECTS
91
SENTENCES FROM OTHER LANGUAGES
93
SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO SELECTED EXERCISES
105
INDEX
121
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Nigel Fabb is Professor of Literary Linguistics at the University of Strathclyde. His publications include A Grammar of Ma'di (with Mairi Blackings, 2003) and Language and Literary Structure (2002).

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