Jacobs, Roderick A., <br/><br/>
English syntax :  a grammar for English language professionals / 
Roderick A. Jacobs. 
 - xiii, 378 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I: Some basic notions -- Grammar and types of grammars -- Propositional content -- Thematic roles and levels of structure -- Some properties of sentence structure -- Part II: Clauses in English -- Clause structures -- Dependent clauses -- Finite and nonfinite clauses -- Part III: The noun phrase -- The structure of noun phrases -- Types of nouns -- Pronomials and reference -- Empty noun phrases and anaphors -- Noun phrases and case -- Part IV: Organizing the information -- Information structure -- Passive voice -- Information status and syntactic structure -- Part V: Inside the predicate phrase -- Understanding tense -- Understanding aspect -- Modals -- Modal meaning and use -- Prepositions, particles, and multiword verbs -- Part VI: Interrogatives and negatives -- Operators, interrogatives, and negatives -- Interrogative and wh movement -- Part VII: Complex sentences -- Embedded clauses and noun phrase movement -- Predicates and clause arguments -- Relative clauses -- Answer key -- Glossary. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0194342778 9780194342773 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>93025121 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Syntax--Outlines, syllabi, etc.<br/>English language--Grammar--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1365  / .J33 1995 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>428.2 425