Andrew Radford: 9 books

Book cover of Thomas Hardy and the Survivals of Time
by Andrew Radford
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017

A systematic exploration of Thomas Hardy's imaginative assimilation of particular Victorian sciences, this study draws on and swells the widening current of scholarly attention now being paid to the cultural meanings compacted and released by the nascent 'sciences of man' in the nineteenth century....
Book cover of An Introduction to English Sentence Structure
by Andrew Radford
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2009

This outstanding resource for students offers a step-by-step, practical introduction to English syntax and syntactic principles, as developed by Chomsky over the past 15 years. Assuming little or no prior background in syntax, Andrew Radford outlines the core concepts and how they can be used to describe...
Book cover of Analysing English Sentences
by Andrew Radford
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016

Andrew Radford has acquired an unrivalled reputation over the past thirty years for writing syntax textbooks in which difficult concepts are clearly explained without the excessive use of technical jargon. Analysing English Sentences continues in this tradition, offering a well-structured introduction...
Book cover of Analysing English Sentences

Analysing English Sentences

A Minimalist Approach

by Andrew Radford
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2009

Analysing English Sentences provides a concise and clear introduction to work in syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. Assuming little or no prior knowledge of syntax or minimalism, Radford outlines the core concepts and leading ideas and how they can be used...
Book cover of Colloquial English

Colloquial English

Structure and Variation

by Andrew Radford
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018

Drawing on vast amounts of new data from live, unscripted radio and TV broadcasts, and the internet, this is a brilliant and original analysis of colloquial English, revealing unusual and largely unreported types of clause structure. Andrew Radford debunks the myth that colloquial English has a substandard,...
Book cover of Relative Clauses

Relative Clauses

Structure and Variation in Everyday English

by Andrew Radford
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2019

Using novel examples from live, unscripted radio/TV broadcasts and the internet, this path-breaking book will force us to reconsider the nature of everyday English and its complex interplay of syntactic, pragmatic, sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic factors. Uncovering unusual types of non-standard...
Book cover of Franco-British Cultural Exchanges, 1880-1940
by Andrew Radford, Victoria Reid
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012

This volume focuses on the literary connotations of the 'Channel Packet' and sets forth lively dialogues between French and British culture at a key period of artistic innovation and exchange between 'high' and popular art forms.
Book cover of Romantic Echoes in the Victorian Era
by Andrew Radford
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017

In tracing those deliberate and accidental Romantic echoes that reverberate through the Victorian age into the beginning of the twentieth century, this collection acknowledges that the Victorians decided for themselves how to define what is 'Romantic'. The essays explore the extent to which Victorianism...
Book cover of Mary Butts and British Neo-Romanticism

Mary Butts and British Neo-Romanticism

The Enchantment of Place

by Dr Andrew Radford
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014

Mary Butts was an important figure in inter-war modernist circles and one who reviewed and associated with some of the major literary figures of the era, from T.S. Eliot to Gertrude Stein. Despite her importance and the varied nature of her writing, she has been a neglected figure in modernist scholarship....
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