{"product_id":"understanding-syntax-9781032629544","title":"Understanding Syntax","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssuming no prior grammatical knowledge, \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Syntax\u003c\/i\u003e explains and illustrates the major concepts, categories and terminology involved in the study of cross-linguistic syntax. Taking a largely theory-neutral and descriptive viewpoint throughout, this book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eâ introduces syntactic typology, syntactic description and the major typological categories found in the languages of the world;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eâ clarifies with examples grammatical constructions and relationships between words in a clause, including word classes and their syntactic properties; grammatical relations such as subject and object; case and agreement processes; passives and other valency-changing processes; questions and relative clauses;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eâ features in-text and chapter-end exercises to extend the readerâs knowledge of syntactic concepts and argumentation, drawing on data from over 100 languages;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eâ highlights the principles involved in writing a brief syntactic sketch of language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sixt\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019146133847,"sku":"9781032629544","price":41.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032629544.jpg?v=1750779455","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/understanding-syntax-9781032629544","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}