{"product_id":"understanding-sentence-structure-christina-tortora-9781118659489","title":"Understanding Sentence Structure: An Introduction to English Syntax","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA straightforward guide to understanding English grammar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is for people who have never thought about syntax, and who don't know anything about grammar, but who want to learn. Assuming a blank slate on the part of the reader, the book treats English grammar as a product of the speaker's mind, and builds up student skills by exploring phrases and sentences with more and more complexity, as the chapters proceed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis practical guide excites and empowers readers by guiding them step by step through each chapter with intermittent exercises. In order to capitalize on the reader's confidence as a personal authority on English, \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Sentence Structure\u003c\/i\u003e assumes an inclusive definition of English, taking dialect variation and structures common amongst millions of English speakers to be a fact of natural language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSituates grammar as part of what the student already unconsciously knows\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresupposes no prior instruction, not even in prescriptive grammar\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBegins analyzing sentences immediately, with the \"big picture\" (sentences have structure, structure can be ambiguous) and moves through levels of complexity, tapping into students' tacit knowledge of sentence structure\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes exercise boxes for in-chapter practicing of skills, side notes that offer further tips\/encouragement on topics being discussed, and new terms defined immediately and helpfully in term boxes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eApplies decades of findings in syntactic theory and cognitive science, with an eye towards making English grammar accessible to school teachers and beginning students alike\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Sentence Structure: An Introduction to English Syntax\u003c\/i\u003e is an ideal book for undergraduates studying modern English grammar and for instructors teaching introductory courses in English grammar, syntax, and sentence structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christina Tortora\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1118659481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118659489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Christina Tortora","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43924133314815,"sku":"9781118659489","price":98.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b312f659-3785-470a-a92d-eabb549bb897.jpg?v=1681068674","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-sentence-structure-christina-tortora-9781118659489","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}