LEADER 03686nam 2200493 450 001 9910817807603321 005 20220306030904.0 010 $a1-4744-0848-6 010 $a0-7486-3362-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748633623 035 $a(CKB)4340000000196029 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5012267 035 $a(DE-B1597)615869 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748633623 035 $a(OCoLC)1302165806 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000196029 100 $a20171004h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 13$aAn introduction to English syntax /$fJim Miller 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aEdinburgh, [Scotland] :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (225 pages) 225 1 $aEdinburgh Textbooks on the English Language 311 $a0-7486-3360-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tFor colleagues -- $tForeword to the second edition -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 Heads and modifiers -- $t2 Constituent structure -- $t3 Constructions -- $t4 Word classes -- $t5 The lexicon -- $t6 Clauses I -- $t7 Clauses II -- $t8 Clauses III -- $t9 Grammatical functions -- $t10 Syntactic linkage -- $t11 Heads and modifiers revisited -- $t12 Roles -- $t13 Clauses, sentences and text -- $t14 Syntax in discourse: aspect, tense, voice -- $tAppendix 1 -- $tAppendix 2 -- $tAppendix 3 -- $tAppendix 4 -- $tDiscussion of the exercises -- $tFurther reading -- $tIndex 330 $aREVIEW FROM PREVIOUS EDITION: 'A slim and useful student textbook for English Syntax. Although most of the examples are from English, the book introduces general concepts which provide the necessary tools for a basic syntactic analysis of any language. The book concentrates on topics that will remain useful to the student who does not go on to study linguistics but, say, literature or EFL teaching.' - The Year's Work in English StudiesIn this revised and fully updated new edition of his popular textbook, Jim Miller discusses the central concepts of syntax which are applied in a wide range of university courses, in business communication, in teaching and in speech therapy. The book deals with concepts which are central to traditional grammar but have been greatly refined over the past forty years: parts of speech and how to recognise them, constructions and their interrelationships, subordinate clauses and how to recognise the different types, subjects and objects, Agents and Patients and other roles. The book draws out the connections between syntax and meaning and between syntax and discourse; in particular, a new chapter focuses on the analysis of discourse and the final chapter deals with tense, aspect and voice, topics which are central to the construction of texts and are of major importance in second language learning. They are also areas where meaning and grammar interconnect very closely.Key FeaturesCoverage of central themes with a wide application outside the study of syntaxExplains basic concepts, supported by a glossary of technical termsExercises and sources for further reading provided. 410 0$aEdinburgh textbooks on the English language. 606 $aEnglish language$xSyntax 615 0$aEnglish language$xSyntax. 676 $a428.2 700 $aMiller$b J. E$g(James Edward),$f1942-$0112379 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817807603321 996 $aAn introduction to English syntax$93942281 997 $aUNINA