English syntax and argumentation. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bas Aarts.
• Authors: Aarts, Bas, 1961-
• Contents: Preface; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the third edition; PART ONE: FUNCTION AND FORM; Introduction; Functions; The Building Blocks of Language: Words, Word Classes and Phrases; The Building Blocks of Language: Clauses and Sentences; The Function-Form Interface; PART TWO: ELABORATION; Predicates, Arguments and Thematic Roles; Cross-Categorial Generalisations: X'-Syntax; More on Clauses; Movement; PART THREE: ARGUMENTATION; Syntactic Argumentation; Constituency: Movement and Substitution; Constituency: Some Additional Tests; Predicates and Arguments Revisited; PART FOUR: APPLICATION; Grammatical Indeterminacy; Case Studies; Glossary; Reference Works: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Grammars and Other Publications on the English Language; Bibliography; Index
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (360 pages), (9 illustrations)
• Subjects: 425; Reference; English language -- Syntax; English language -- Semantics; Persuasion (Rhetoric); General; linguistics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137166654; 1137166657
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