The Syntactic Phenomena of English

by James D. McCawley

Book Overview

This second edition of James D. McCawley's classic textbook offers in one volume a complete course in the syntactic structure of English. New to this edition are sections on appositive constructions, parasitic gaps, contrastive negation, and comparative conditional sentences, as well as expanded coverage of cleft sentences and free relatives. The presentation is coherent, comprehensive, and systematically organized, beginning with an overview of McCawley's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226556298
• ISBN13: 9780226556291
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 834 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"