A Critical Account of English Syntax : : Grammar, Meaning, Text / / Keith Brown, Jim Miller.

A descriptive and comprehensive account of English syntax and grammarTackling the role of syntactic constructions in text, this companion brings out the connections between syntactic structures and semantics/pragmatics and the function of different clausal structures in written and spoken texts. It...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2016
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced : ETELAA
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 18 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Grammaticality
  • Adjectives and adjective phrases
  • Adverbs and adverb phrases
  • Adverbial clauses
  • Clause and text
  • Clause structure
  • Clefts
  • Complement clauses
  • Constructions
  • Non-finite clauses
  • Nouns and noun phrases
  • Prepositions and prepositional phrases
  • Relative clauses
  • Sentences and clauses
  • Verbs and verb phrases
  • Word classes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index