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Download full textDawkins, John – 1975
The purpose of this monograph is to provide a basic discussion of the general nature of syntactic complexity. The monograph describes how the rules of language produce syntax and raises some questions about reading difficulty. The contents include: "Arrangement," which discusses 12 basic sentence types, noun determiners, verb expansions, negative…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Language, North American English
