ANALYSING SENTENCES - AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH SYNTAX

This text has established itself as a standard introduction to the practical analysis of English sentence structure. In this second edition, Noel Burton-Roberts has fully revised his original text to improve the clarity of exposition and the level of exemplification and to make the analysis more consistent with current assumptions.
Features: important concepts such as constituency, category and function are carefully explained as they are introduced; tree diagrams are clearly explained and used throughout to help the reader visualise the hierarchical structure of sentences; the final chapter sets the analysis within the context of generative grammar and language study in general; includes in-text and end-of-chapter exercises with answers and, now additional exercises without answers for use in class.