Book contents
- Adventures in English Syntax
- Adventures in English Syntax
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Additional material
- 1 an adventure in ambiguity with one fish two fish
- 2 exceptional students and teachers
- 3 Introduction to Language and Linguistics
- 4 a review of a book by two philosophers
- 5 Bob is certain to succeed.
- 6 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
- 7 Does every politician who cheats instinctively lie?
- 8 Inferior defenses could then, as now, be tackled, as Vernon did at Porto Bello, Exmouth at Algiers, & Seymour at Alexandria.
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- References
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2020
Book contents
- Adventures in English Syntax
- Adventures in English Syntax
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Additional material
- 1 an adventure in ambiguity with one fish two fish
- 2 exceptional students and teachers
- 3 Introduction to Language and Linguistics
- 4 a review of a book by two philosophers
- 5 Bob is certain to succeed.
- 6 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
- 7 Does every politician who cheats instinctively lie?
- 8 Inferior defenses could then, as now, be tackled, as Vernon did at Porto Bello, Exmouth at Algiers, & Seymour at Alexandria.
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- References
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