{"product_id":"9781118659946","title":"Understanding Sentence Structure An Introduction to English Syntax","description":"\u003ch3\u003eLinguistics in the World\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eUnderstanding Sentence Structure\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Introduction to English Syntax\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChristina Tortora\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ Syntax\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA straightforward guide to understanding English grammar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is for people who have never thought about syntax, and who don't know anything about grammar, but who want to learn. Assuming a blank slate on the part of the reader, the book treats English grammar as a product of the speaker's mind, and builds up student skills by exploring phrases and sentences with more and more complexity, as the chapters proceed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis practical guide excites and empowers readers by guiding them step by step through each chapter with intermittent exercises. In order to capitalize on the reader's confidence as a personal authority on English, \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Sentence Structure\u003c\/i\u003e assumes an inclusive definition of English, taking dialect variation and structures common amongst millions of English speakers to be a fact of natural language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSituates grammar as part of what the student already unconsciously knows\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresupposes no prior instruction, not even in prescriptive grammar\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBegins analyzing sentences immediately, with the \"big picture\" (sentences have structure, structure can be ambiguous) and moves through levels of complexity, tapping into students' tacit knowledge of sentence structure\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes exercise boxes for in-chapter practicing of skills, side notes that offer further tips\/encouragement on topics being discussed, and new terms defined immediately and helpfully in term boxes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eApplies decades of findings in syntactic theory and cognitive science, with an eye towards making English grammar accessible to school teachers and beginning students alike\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Sentence Structure: An Introduction to English Syntax\u003c\/i\u003e is an ideal book for undergraduates studying modern English grammar and for instructors teaching introductory courses in English grammar, syntax, and sentence structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRISTINA TORTORA\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Linguistics at The City University of New York, USA, and author of \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eComparative Grammar of Borgomanerese\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). She is the recipient of numerous awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation, to support the creation of corpus tools for investigating grammatical variation in American English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 September 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118659946\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e368\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44381238821004,"sku":"9781118659946","price":44.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118659946.jpg?v=1780198935","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118659946","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}