TY - BOOK AU - Hargis,Charles H. TI - English syntax: an outline for teachers of English language learners SN - 0398077770 U1 - 425 22 PY - 2008///] CY - Springfield, Ill. PB - Charles C Thomas, Publisher KW - English language KW - Syntax KW - Language disorders in children N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-294) and index; Syntax in language acquisition -- Sentence classes -- The auxiliary -- The expanded auxiliary -- The determiner system -- Nouns -- Pronouns -- The negative transformation -- Prepositional phrases -- Phrasal verbs -- Indirect objects -- Yes/no questions -- WH questions -- What --- Do questions -- Transitive verb complements -- The passive transformation -- Possessives -- The there transformation -- Relative clauses -- Noun modifiers -- Noun clauses -- Nominalizing transformations -- Cleft sentences -- Adverbial clauses and conjunctive adverbs -- Adverbs -- Comparative constructions -- Participial and absolute phrases -- Cause and effect -- Conjunctions -- Exclamations and commands and direct address -- Direct and indirect discourse -- Word order transformations -- Anaphora -- Syntax for basic math and science instruction -- Assessment -- Methods -- Some special difficulties -- Samples and analysis ER -