{"product_id":"understanding-sentence-structure-isbn-9781118659489","title":"Understanding Sentence Structure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA straightforward guide to understanding English grammar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is for people who have never thought about syntax, and who don't know anything about grammar, but who want to learn. Assuming a blank slate on the part of the reader, the book treats English grammar as a product of the speaker's mind, and builds up student skills by exploring phrases and sentences with more and more complexity, as the chapters proceed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis practical guide excites and empowers readers by guiding them step by step through each chapter with intermittent exercises. In order to capitalize on the reader's confidence as a personal authority on English, \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Sentence Structure\u003c\/i\u003e assumes an inclusive definition of English, taking dialect variation and structures common amongst millions of English speakers to be a fact of natural language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSituates grammar as part of what the student already unconsciously knows\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresupposes no prior instruction, not even in prescriptive grammar\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBegins analyzing sentences immediately, with the \"big picture\" (sentences have structure, structure can be ambiguous) and moves through levels of complexity, tapping into students' tacit knowledge of sentence structure\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes exercise boxes for in-chapter practicing of skills, side notes that offer further tips\/encouragement on topics being discussed, and new terms defined immediately and helpfully in term boxes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eApplies decades of findings in syntactic theory and cognitive science, with an eye towards making English grammar accessible to school teachers and beginning students alike\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Sentence Structure: An Introduction to English Syntax\u003c\/i\u003e is an ideal book for undergraduates studying modern English grammar and for instructors teaching introductory courses in English grammar, syntax, and sentence structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Let’s get Parsing! 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 some introductory words 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 let’s start understanding what those unconscious rules that create structure are 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 some conclusions, and what to look forward to in the coming chapters 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elist of terms\/concepts 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ereference 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Subject NP — Outside and In 18\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 some introductory words about the \u003ci\u003enoun phrase\u003c\/i\u003e vs. the \u003ci\u003esubject position\u003c\/i\u003e 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 the subject position 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 let’s get inside that NP triangle 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 possessive NPs 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 conclusions 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elist of terms\/concepts 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Subject’s Better Half: The Verb Phrase 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 parts of the \u003ci\u003everb phrase\u003c\/i\u003e we already know about 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 building up the VP 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 revisiting structural ambiguity from Chapter 1 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 VPs with double objects 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 VPs with adjectives 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 constituency test 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 conclusions 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elist of terms\/concepts 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Up Close and Personal with the Prepositional Phrase 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 aspects of the \u003ci\u003eprepositional phrase\u003c\/i\u003e we already know about 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 it’s not just the P and NP anymore! 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 verb–particle constructions 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 modifiers within PP 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 lexical vs. functional prepositions 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 English prepositions are not inflected 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 conclusions 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elist of terms\/concepts 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Infinite Wisdom: Sentences Inside the Verb Phrase 98\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 aspects of the \u003ci\u003everb phrase\u003c\/i\u003e we already know about 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 building up VP 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 the complementizer phrase 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 embedded adjunct clauses 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 conclusions 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elist of terms\/concepts 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 It’s More Complex Than That: The Complex Noun Phrase 126\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 aspects of the \u003ci\u003enoun phrase\u003c\/i\u003e we already know about 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 subordinate clauses within the noun phrase 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 the noun complement clause 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 the relative clause 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 subject relative clauses 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 conclusions 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elist of terms\/concepts 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Making Their Presence Felt: Silent Categories 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 what is a \u003ci\u003esilent category\u003c\/i\u003e in sentence structure? 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 the reality of the \u003ci\u003etrace\u003c\/i\u003e of movement: \u003ci\u003ewanna\u003c\/i\u003e‐contraction 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 other kinds of silence: the \u003ci\u003enull pronoun\u003c\/i\u003e 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 the \u003ci\u003enull operator\u003c\/i\u003e in relative clauses 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 conclusions 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elist of terms\/concepts 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Main Attraction: Main Verbs and the Simple Tenses 186\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 overview: the “main verb” and its entourage 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 main verbs: the present, the past, and the future 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 conclusions 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elist of terms\/concepts 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ereference 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 The Support System: Auxiliaries and the Compound Tenses 218\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 auxiliary verbs: the support in the English verb system 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 auxiliary \u003ci\u003ehave\u003c\/i\u003e 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 auxiliary \u003ci\u003ebe\u003c\/i\u003e 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 modal auxiliaries 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 verb selection and word order 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 conclusions: all 16 possible combinations 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elist of terms\/concepts 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 It Takes a Village: Main Verbs, Auxiliaries, Tense, and Negation 267\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 the syntax of the English verb system 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 auxiliaries and the syntactic expression of tense 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 main verbs: in a class by themselves 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 conclusions 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elist of terms\/concepts 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ereferences 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Unfinished Business 314\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 overview 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 tense as the head of S 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 matrix interrogatives 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 x‐bar and binary branching 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 adverbs 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 conclusions 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elist of terms\/concepts 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ereferences 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The book is very informative and it is highly recommended for instructors who teach Introduction to Syntax.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eHassan Makhad\u003c\/b\u003e, Cadi Ayyad University, \u003ci\u003eLINGUIST List\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \t\t\t\t \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRISTINA TORTORA\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Linguistics at The City University of New York, USA, and author of \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eComparative Grammar of Borgomanerese\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). She is the recipient of numerous awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation, to support the creation of corpus tools for investigating grammatical variation in American English.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for people who have never thought about syntax, and who don't know anything about grammar, but who want to learn. Assuming a blank slate on the part of the reader, the book treats English grammar as a product of the speaker's mind, and builds up student skills by exploring phrases and sentences with more and more complexity, as the chapters proceed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis practical guide excites and empowers readers by guiding them step by step through each chapter with intermittent exercises. 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