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Author : Andrew Radford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108839549
A readable introduction to English syntax and syntactic theory, argumentation and description, suitable for students with little prior knowledge.
Author : Jon Jonz
Publisher : Equinox
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1845531469
An Introduction to English Sentence Structure puts the study of English sentences into the meaningful perspective provided by the broad essentials of functionalism. The book starts from the premise that the structure of language reflects the structure of events in everyday experience. By contrast, grammars that are more structural in nature often begin with gross facts about language structure, such as the observation that clauses can be divided into subjects and predicates. The book's premise reflects the fundamental Hallidayan principle that language simultaneously codes for three dimensions of structure: clause as representation, clause as exchange, and clause as message. This approach has the effect of situating the study of language in the student's familiar world of ideas, relationships, and discourses. The book blends insights from three prominent modern schools of grammatical thought (functionalism, structuralism, and generativism) using functionalism as the philosophical and organizational motif. The book focuses on the representational function of language, encouraging students to use their knowledge of the way the world works in order to understand how language works. The approach taken is hybrid: It assumes that form matters, and in this sense it is structural. It also assumes that forms follows function, and in this sense it is functional. As its subtitle suggests, the book is concerned with the argument structure of clauses, the boundary markers of clause combinations, and the syntactic and experiential resources that permit language users to supply the content of empty categories, which are the missing elements.
Author : David J. Young
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317419846
First published in 1980, this book provides a clear and practical introduction to a wide variety of English structures. It concentrates on a large and crucial area of English grammar, which covers units of higher rank than words, and structures that have verbs rather than nouns as their nuclear elements. Throughout the book, David Young focuses on the English language as it is actually spoken. At every point his discussion of syntax is closely integrated with meaning, and he pays particular attention to the ways in which speakers of English signal their intensions. The author points out how verbal patterning is meaningful, and outlines the criteria used by grammarians to distinguish one structure from another. The result is an analytical framework that can be applied to any real-life text in order to understand its structure. This is a book that will encourage a realistic, exploratory and investigative attitude towards the English language.
Author : Charles Carpenter Fries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : English language
ISBN : UCAL:B4093245
Author : Laurel J. Brinton
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027225672
This text is designed for undergraduate and graduate students interested in contemporary English, especially those whose primary area of interest is English as a second language. Focus is placed exclusively on English data, providing an empirical explication of the structure of the language.
Author : Michael Newby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1987-12-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521349966
What is a verb? How do you define a sentence? As with many simple questions, the answers can be complex. This concise introduction to the structure of English has been written to help advanced students and teachers who want to know more about English grammar. These are not prescriptive rules, but rather an explanation of the linguistic patterns that govern daily English use. The book's first part discusses language varieties and standard English, while the second part examines English structure from its smallest part to its largest. A final section provides an extensive glossary of linguistic terms.
Author : Jim Feist
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027266521
Syntax puts our meaning (“semantics”) into sentences, and phonology puts the sentences into the sounds that we hear and there must, surely, be a structure in the meaning that is expressed in the syntax and phonology. Some writers use the phrase “semantic structure”, but are referring to conceptual structure; since we can express our conceptual thought in many different linguistic ways, we cannot equate conceptual and semantic structures. The research reported in this book shows semantic structure to be in part hierarchic, fitting the syntax in which it is expressed, and partly a network, fitting the nature of the mind, from which it springs. It is complex enough to provide for the emotive and imaginative dimensions of language, and for shifts of standard meanings in context, and the “rules” that control them. Showing the full structure of English semantics requires attention to many currently topical issues, and since the underlying theory is fresh, there are fresh implications for them. The most important of those issues is information structure, which is given full treatment, showing its overall structure, and its relation to semantics and the whole grammar of English.
Author : Thomas Edward Murray
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : English language
ISBN : 0205160530
Author : Graeme Kennedy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317869726
Structure and Meaning in English is designed to help teachers of English develop an understanding of those aspects of English which are especially relevant for learners who speak other languages. Using corpus research, Graeme Kennedy cuts to the heart of what is important in the teaching of English. The book provides pedagogically- relevant information about English at the levels of sounds, words, sentences and texts. It draws attention to those linguistic items and processes which research has shown are typically hard for learners and which lead to errors. Each chapter contains: a description of one or more aspects of English an outline of typical errors or problems for learners specific learning objectives listed at the beginning of each chapter exercises or tasks based on ‘real English’ taken from newspapers and other sources. discussion topics which can be worked through independently either as part of a course, or self study With answers to many of the tasks given at the back of the book, this groundbreaking work provides a comprehensive and accessible textbook on the structure and use of the language for teachers of English.
Author : Andrew Radford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1997-07-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521589142
This textbook provides a concise, readable introduction to contemporary work in syntactic theory, particularly to key concepts of Chomsky's minimalist programme. Andrew Radford gives a general overview of the main theoretical concepts and descriptive devices used in 1990s work. The discussion is largely based on data from a range of varieties of English (not only Modern Standard, but also Belfast English, Shakespearean English, Jamaican Creole, etc.) and does not presuppose any prior knowledge of syntax. There are exercises and a substantial glossary. This is an abridged version of Radford's major textbook Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English: A Minimalist Approach, and will be welcomed as a short introduction to current syntactic theory.
Author : Charles F. Meyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521833509
A genuine introduction to the linguistics of English that provides a broad overview of the subject that sustains students' interest and avoids excessive detail. It takes a top-down approach to language beginning with the largest unit of linguistic structure, the text, and working its way down through successively smaller structures.
Author : David J. Young
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317419839
First published in 1980, this book provides a clear and practical introduction to a wide variety of English structures. It concentrates on a large and crucial area of English grammar, which covers units of higher rank than words, and structures that have verbs rather than nouns as their nuclear elements. Throughout the book, David Young focuses on the English language as it is actually spoken. At every point his discussion of syntax is closely integrated with meaning, and he pays particular attention to the ways in which speakers of English signal their intensions. The author points out how verbal patterning is meaningful, and outlines the criteria used by grammarians to distinguish one structure from another. The result is an analytical framework that can be applied to any real-life text in order to understand its structure. This is a book that will encourage a realistic, exploratory and investigative attitude towards the English language.
Author : Keith S. Folse
Publisher : University of Michigan Press ELT
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015001710295
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Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783112316009
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Author : Jeanette S. DeCarrico
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015050307795
Covering the spectrum of grammatical structures, The Structure of English teaches why grammatical structures are important and how to use them through literary illustrations and clear explanations of grammar's effective use and communicative function. It is directed at future English teachers, as well as the new ESL/EFL teacher. With an emphasis on discourse function throughout, students are never expected to rely on lists of unrelated, constructed example sentences. Rather, when major points of grammar are presented, the structures are illustrated with rich, "real world" contexts excerpted from literature (mostly American), including novels, short stories, poems, essays, and drama. Exercises in the companion workbook are likewise based on naturally occurring stretches of discourse. Though informed by modern linguistic theory, explanations are framed in more traditional terminology and are designed to help build students' confidence in using English grammar by deepening their understanding of its forms and functions.. For advanced ESL students and graduate TESOL and certificate programs.
