An Introduction to English Sentence Structure

This outstanding 2009 resource for students offers a step-by-step, practical introduction to English syntax and syntactic principles, as developed by Chomsky over the past 15 years. Assuming little or no prior background in syntax, Andrew Radford outlines the core concepts and how they can be used to describe various aspects of English sentence structure. This is an abridged version of Radford’s major new textbook Analysing English Sentences (also published by Cambridge University Press), and will be welcomed as a handy introduction to current syntactic theory.An Introduction to English Sentence Structure is written by Andrew Radford and published by Cambridge University Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for An Introduction to English Sentence Structure are 9780511500909, 0511500904 and the print ISBNs are 9780521516938, 0521516935