LINGUIST List 9.748

Tue May 19 1998

Books: Syntax

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Message 1: Syntax

 Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 15:27:09 +0000
From: milly.neate <milly.neatehodder.co.uk>
Subject: Syntax

UNDERSTANDING SYNTAX

Tallerman, Maggie (University of Durham, UK); Understanding Syntax; 
Published September 1998 c.192pp PB 0 340 60377 1 c.12.99 HB 0 340 
70000 9 c.35.00 Arnold Publishing

Provides a complete introduction to the main categories and constructions 
associated with sentence structure - the syntactic component of the grammar 
of human language. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, the book 
discusses and illustrates all the major terms and concepts.

Contents: What is syntax? / Words belong to different classes / Looking 
inside sentences / Head words and phrases / How do we identify constituents? 
/ Relationship within the clause / Syntactic processes.
Readership: Undergraduates in Linguistics
Tel: +44 (0) 171 873 6355
Fax: +44 (0) 171 873 6325
E-mail: milly.neatehodder.co.uk
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