The Sentence in Written English: A Syntactic Study Based on an Analysis of Scientific Texts

by Rodney Huddleston

Book Overview

A substantially revised edition of Huddleston's contribution to Sentence and Clause in Scientific English, the final report of a research project into the linguistic properties of scientific English carried out at University College London in 1964-7. The book has two complementary aims: to analyse certain areas of the grammar of 'common-core' English - the grammar that is common to all varieties of the language - and to apply this analysis to a selective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521113954
• ISBN13: 9780521113953
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"