Learning About Language: Analyzing Sentences

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This highly regarded text serves as a standard introduction to the practical analysis of English sentence structure. Key concepts such as constituency, category, and function are clearly explained as they are introduced, with tree diagrams used throughout to help visualize the hierarchical structure of sentences. The final chapter contextualizes the analysis within generative grammar. The third edition has been thoroughly revised, featuring an attractive new layout, more examples, clearer explanations, and summaries of major points. Notably, the analysis of auxiliary verbs has been updated to reflect current thinking. The book offers a clear progression from chapter to chapter, making it accessible for readers with no prior experience in sentence analysis. It includes numerous in-text and end-of-chapter exercises, all with answers, as well as Further Exercises, making it ideal for self-directed study and taught courses. The author, a Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University, has also published extensively in the field, contributing to various works on linguistics and the English language.