ABSTRACT

This popular course book gives students of English and linguistics a systematic account of the rules of English syntax, and acquaints them with the general methodology of syntactic description. It teaches them how to formulate syntactic arguments, and how to apply the tests in the analysis of sentences.

chapter 1|16 pages

Aims and Methods

chapter 2|42 pages

Constituents

chapter 3|38 pages

Functions

chapter 4|56 pages

Processes

chapter 5|18 pages

Non-Finite Clauses: Raising and Control

chapter 6|13 pages

Reanalysis: A Problem of Bracketing

chapter 7|11 pages

Levels of Structure