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Author Baker, C. L. (Carl Lee)

Title English syntax / C.L. Baker
Edition Second edition
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1995]
©1995

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Description xvii, 646 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Pt. I. Introduction. Ch. 1. The Field of English Syntax -- Pt. II. The Syntax of Phrases: Heads, Complements, and Subjects. Ch. 2. Major English Phrase Types. Ch. 3. Phrase-Internal Syntax: Heads and Their Complements. Ch. 4. Clauses as Complements and Subjects. Ch. 5. Noun Phrases. Ch. 6. Locative Phrases, Motion Phrases, and Particles. Ch. 7. Free Relative Clauses. Ch. 8. Subjects of Phrases. Ch. 9. Passives and the Easy Construction -- Pt. III. The Syntax of Phrases: Modification. Ch. 10. Modification of Nouns and Noun Phrases. Ch. 11. Modification of Verb Phrases and Sentences. Ch. 12. Degree Modification -- Pt. IV. Special Constructions. Ch. 13. Special Subject-Predicate Relations. Ch. 14. Special Sentence Types -- Pt. V. Some Topics in the Semantic Interpretation of English. Ch. 15. Negation. Ch. 16. Conjunction and Ellipsis. Ch. 17. Time Relations and Aspect -- Appendix A The Context of English Syntax: Epilogue with References
Appendix B Summary of Basic Syntactic Structures
Analysis English language Grammar
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject English language -- Grammar, Generative.
English language -- Syntax.
LC no. 94048244
ISBN 0262023857 (hc)
0262521989 (pb)