English Syntax and Argumentation (Paperback, 6 ed)

Preface to the Sixth Edition Part I: Grammatical Form and Grammatical Function 1. Introduction 2. Grammatical Form: Words, Word Classes and Phrases 3. Grammatical Function 4. More on Form: Clauses and Sentences 5. The Grammatical Form - Grammatical Function Interface Part II: Elaboration 6. Predicates, Arguments and Thematic Roles 7. Cross-categorial Generalisations: X-bar Syntax 8. More on Clauses 9. Movement 10. Tense, Aspect and Mood Part III: Argumentation 11. Syntactic Argumentation 12. Constituency: Movement and Substitution 13. Constituency: Some Additional Tests 14. Predicates and Arguments Revisited Part IV: Application 15. Information Packaging 16. Grammatical Indeterminacy 17. Case Studies Glossary Reference Works: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Grammars and Other Publications on the English Language Bibliography Answer Key for the Exercises Index