Meaningful Arrangement: Exploring the Syntactic Description of Text

by Edward McDonald

Book Overview

This book takes apart and problematises the whole process of identifying and explaining the patterning of words in sentences. It brings together two concepts - syntax and text - that are normally treated separately, and shows how they can best be understood in relation to each other. Part 1, Processing the text, concentrates on getting texts ready for syntactic analysis. Since the data needs to be mediated through the processing of the text, the nature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845531485
• ISBN13: 9781845531485
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher