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Highly readable and eminently practical, Syntactic Analysis: The Basics focuses on bringing students with little background in linguistics up to speed on how modern syntactic analysis works. * A succinct and practical introduction to understanding sentence structure, ideal for students who need to get up to speed on key concepts in the field* Introduces readers to the central terms and concepts in syntax* Offers a hands-on approach to understanding and performing syntactic analysis and introduces students to linguistic argumentation* Includes numerous problem sets, helpfully graded for difficulty, with model answers provided at critical points* Prepares readers for more advanced work with syntactic systems and syntactic analyses