A Workbook in the Structure of English
Subtitle: Linguistic Principles and Language Acquisition
Edition: Pap/Dsk edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited; Blackwell Publishers
Published: March 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780631204794
Subjects: Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure; Language acquisition; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; English; Language; Linguistics; ENGLISH LANGUAGE_COMPOSITION AND EXERCISES; ENGLISH LANGUAGE_GRAMMAR; Language Arts & Disciplines / Composition & Creative Writing; Grammar
First sentence: The noun phrase (NP) can vary in length between a single word - e.g. Mary - and a string consisting of multiple sub-parts and indefinite length: important decisions about whether or not to speak up that people have to make.