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1 online resource (308 pages) |
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| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
It is remarkable that children learn all of the syntactic structures described in this book and with no instruction. Most children have mastered them by the time they start school. However, learning a language is subject to critically sensitive age restraints, and learning a second language becomes increasingly difficult as children age through this zone of sensitivity. Therefore, the goal of this updated and expanded edition of this book is to provide teachers with a detailed explicit knowledge of the syntactic system and the order in which it is learned. The material is presented clearly and. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Language disorders in children.
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Language disorders in children. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hargis, Charles H. English Syntax : An Outline for Teachers of English Language Learners. Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, ©2007 9780398077778 |
| ISBN |
9780398085254 (electronic book) |
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0398085250 (electronic book) |
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