Subject: understanding syntax ( update )

understanding syntax tallerman , maggie ( university of durham , uk ) ; understanding syntax ; published september 1998 c . 192pp pb 0 340 60377 1 c . 12 . 99 / us $ 19 . 95 hb 0 340 70000 9 c . 35 . 00 / us $ 60 . 00 arnold publishing ( american edition is co-published with oup ) 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 . neate @ hodder . co . uk
