Introducing English Syntax provides a basic introduction to Syntax for students studying English as a foreign language at university. This book requires no previous knowledge of linguistics and is essential reading for international students studying English syntax for the first time.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
1. Basic Elements of Grammatical Structure
2. The Simple Sentence and its Grammatical Functions
3. Structural variations of the simple sentence and functional consequences
4. Phrases and their Structure (I)
5. Phrases and their Structure (II)
6. The Multiple Sentence
7. Non-finite clauses in the complex sentence (I): The Infinitive
8. Non-finite clauses in the complex sentence (II): The Gerund
9. Non-finite clauses in the complex sentence (III): The participles
10. The complex phrase (I): The complex noun phrase
11. The complex phrase (II): Complex prepositional and adjective phrases
12.Selected clause constructions.
Bibliography
Index
