An Introduction to English Syntax

MILLER, Jim. An Introduction to English Syntax. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009, 224 pp. ISBN 978-0-7486-3361-6.

Basic information

• Original name: An Introduction to English Syntax
• Name (in English): An Introduction to English Syntax
• Authors: MILLER, Jim.
• Edition: 2. vyd. Edinburgh, 224 pp. 2009.
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Other information

• Type of outcome: Book on a specialized topic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-3361-6
• Keywords in English: English syntax

Abstract (in English)

In this revised and fully updated edition, Jim Miller covers the central concepts of syntax, which are applied in a wide range of university courses and business communication, teaching, and speech therapy. Miller handles concepts that are central to traditional grammar yet have been greatly refined over the past forty years: parts of speech and how to recognize them; constructions and their interrelationships; subordinate clauses and their different types; subjects and objects; agents and patients, and other roles. The volume identifies the links between syntax and meaning and between syntax and discourse. A new chapter especially focuses on the analysis of discourse, and the concluding chapter explores tense, aspect, and voice, topics that are central to the construction of texts and that are major to the learning of a second language. Miller also provides areas in which meaning and grammar closely interconnect.