Overview
This is a new updated and expanded edition of our biggest-selling language textbook which gives students a thorough grounding in the basics of sentence structure and the essentials of syntactic argument. It is a new edition of our biggest-selling introductory ""Language and Linguistics"" textbook. It is now updated and expanded, featuring an additional chapter and case study and new exercises. It is extremely user-friendly and includes a glossary, bibliography, suggestions for further reading and a list of recommended reference works to aid study.This successful textbook gives students a thorough grounding in the basics of sentence structure and acquaints them with the essentials of syntactic argument. Now updated and expanded, the third edition features an additional chapter on grammatical indeterminacy, a case study on subordinating conjunctions and prepositions, and new exercises.
Full Product Details
Author: Bas Aarts
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 0.653kg
ISBN: 9780230551206
ISBN 10: 0230551203
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 10 April 2008
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
'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
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.
