Understanding Syntax av Maggie Tallerman

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<P>Assuming no prior grammatical knowledge, <I>Understanding Syntax</I> explains and illustrates the major concepts, categories and terminology involved in the study of cross-linguistic syntax. Taking a theory-neutral and descriptive viewpoint throughout, this book:</P><P></P><UL><P><LI>introduces syntactic typology, syntactic description and the major typological categories found in the languages of the world;</LI><P></P><P><LI>clarifies with examples grammatical constructions and relationships between words in a clause, including word classes and their syntactic properties; grammatical relations such as subject and object; case and agreement processes; passives; questions and relative clauses;</LI><P></P><P><LI>features in-text and chapter-end exercises to extend the reader''s knowledge of syntactic concepts and argumentation, drawing on data from over 100 languages;</LI><P></P><P><LI>highlights the principles involved in writing a brief syntactic sketch of language.</LI><P></P></UL>