English Syntax and Argumentation

Bas Aarts is Professor of English Linguistics and Director of the Survey of English Usage at University College London, UK.

• Preface to the Sixth Edition Part I: Grammatical Form and Grammatical Function1. Introduction 2. Grammatical Form: Words, Word Classes and Phrases3. Grammatical Function4. More on Form: Clauses and Sentences5. The Grammatical Form – Grammatical Function InterfacePart II: Elaboration6. Predicates, Arguments and Thematic Roles 7. Cross-categorial Generalisations: X-bar Syntax8. More on Clauses 9. Movement 10. Tense, Aspect and Mood Part III: Argumentation11. Syntactic Argumentation12. Constituency: Movement and Substitution 13. Constituency: Some Additional Tests 14. Predicates and Arguments RevisitedPart IV: Application15. Information Packaging 16. Grammatical Indeterminacy17. Case StudiesGlossary Reference Works: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Grammars and Other Publications on the English Language Bibliography Answer Key for the Exercises Index

This textbook contains all the information you need if you are starting your studies of English syntax and acquainting yourself with the art of syntactic argumentation. It is complete, accessible, designed with those who have no previous knowledge of the topic in mind. It is engaging and easy to follow.