An Introduction To English Sentence Str

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An Introduction to English Sentence Structure
This outstanding resource for students offers a step-by-step, practical introduction to English syntax and syntactic principles, as developed by
Chomsky over the past 15 years. Assuming little or no prior background in syntax, Andrew Radford outlines the core concepts and how they can be used to describe various aspects of English sentence structure. This is an abridged version of Radford’s major new textbook Analysing English
Sentences (also published by Cambridge University Press), and will be welcomed as a handy introduction to current syntactic theory. andrew radford is Professor & Head of the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex. His recent publications include
Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the Structure of English (Cambridge, 2004) and English Syntax: An Introduction (Cambridge, 2004).

An Introduction to English
Sentence Structure
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ANDREW RADFORD
University of Essex

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