Overview
From words and phrases to constituency and argumentation - and now with a chapter on tense, aspect and mood - the book's broad coverage and clear organisation make it essential reading for all students of English and Linguistics who are encountering the study of syntax for the first time.
Full Product Details
Author: Bas Aarts
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave
Edition: 4th ed. 2013
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.547kg
ISBN: 9780230361690
ISBN 10: 0230361692
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 25 April 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
Replaced By: 9781137605795
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Praise for previous editions: The emphasis on argumentation in this textbook is particularly useful. The writing is clear and appropriate for undergraduate students. The exercises are meaty and fun to do. - Thomas B. Klein, Georgia Southern University, USA A book that really understands the key issues for students, and helps them to appreciate what syntax is about. - Laura Rupp, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands Highly accessible to any reader interested in the formal study of sentence and phrase structure in modern linguistics...an important addition to the growing series of introductory syntax textbooks due to its general accessibility, wealth of English data and extensive exercises, and much needed in-depth discussion of syntactic argumentation. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has no previous experience in syntax but wants to learn about it. - Yosuke Sato, Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Canada Reviews of the first edition: This introductory textbook offers a solid exposition of the foundational topics required for the investigation and study of English sentence structure...it is clearly written in an accessible style. - Language An ideal introduction to syntax. - The Year's Work in English Studies
Aarts' textbook provides an engaging initiation into the central discoveries of modern syntactic theory and the art of syntactic argumentation. This revised fourth edition containus numerous exercises which involve the reader in learning syntax by doing it, namely, formulating a scientific hypothesis and testing it against further data. It also features an additional chapter on tense, aspect and mood and a very useful list of further readings. Definitely a must book for undergraduate students who would love to start syntax! - Yosuke Sato, National University of Singapore
Author Information
BAS AARTS is Professor of English Linguistics and Director of the Survey of English Usage at University College London, UK. He has published widely in the field and is one of the founding editors of the journal English Language and Linguistics.
