Contents

Syntax: Definition, p. 1 2
Phrases and Phrase Structure, p. 2 10
The Sentence, p. 10 13
Basic Sentence configurations, p. 13 25
Syntactic Relations: Predication, p. 26 51
Syntactic Relations: NP Functions. The Subject, p. 52 60
The Direct Object; The Indirect Object, p. 61 68
Passive and Passivization, p. 69 72
Sentence Coordination, p. 73 79
Complementation, p. 80 86
On the Subjunctive Mood in That Clauses, p. 87 90
Infinitive Complements p. 91 97
ING Complementation, p. 98 110
Relative Clauses, p. 111 120
Adverbial Clauses, p. 121 122
Bibliography, p. 123