Highly readable and eminently practical, Syntactic Analysis: The Basics focuses on bringing students with little background in linguistics up to speed on how modern syntactic analysis works.

• A succinct and practical introduction to understanding sentence structure, ideal for students who need to get up to speed on key concepts in the field


• Introduces readers to the central terms and concepts in syntax


• Offers a hands-on approach to understanding and performing syntactic analysis and introduces students to linguistic argumentation


• Includes numerous problem sets, helpfully graded for difficulty, with model answers provided at critical points


• Prepares readers for more advanced work with syntactic systems and syntactic analyses