English: an essential grammar
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| Ausgabe: | Third edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | Routledge essential grammars
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| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Klappentext |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Beschreibung: | xviii, 244 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780815358305 9780815358282 |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of abbreviations x
Introduction xii
What is grammar? xii
Grammar ‘rules’ and grammatical structures xii
Standard English xiv
English as a world language xv
British English and American English xvi
How this book is organised xviii
A note on sources xviii
Chapter I Introducing sentence structure I
1.1 The constituents of a sentence 1
1.2 The Grammatical Hierarchy 2
1.3 Form and function in grammatical description 4
1.4 Subject and verb 5
1.5 Identifying the Subject 6
1.5.1 The Inversion Test 6
1.5.2 The Tag Question Test 7
1.5.3 Subject-verb agreement 8
1.6 Verb types and sentence patterns 9
1.6.1 Intransitive verbs 9
1.6.2 Linking verbs and Subject Complements 10
1.6.3 Monotransitive verbs and Direct Objects 10
1.6.4 Ditransitive verbs and Indirect Objects 11
1.6.5 Complex transitive verbs and Object
Complements 13
1.6.6 Adverbial Complements 14
1.6.7 Summary: the six sentence patterns 15
1.7 Active sentences and passive sentences 17
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1.8 Adjuncts 18
1.8.1 The meanings of Adjuncts 20
1.9 Peripheral constituents in sentence structure 21
1,10 Fragments and non-sentences 22
Exercises for Chapter 1 24
Chapter 2 Words and word classes 28
2.1 Open and closed word classes 28
2.2 Nouns and determiners 29
2.2.1 Singular nouns and plural nouns 29
2.2.2 Common nouns and proper nouns 30
2.2.3 Countable nouns and uncountable nouns 31
2.2.4 Genitive nouns 32
2.2.5 Dependent genitives and independent genitives 33
2.2.6 Determiners 34
2.3 Pronouns 36
2.3.1 Personal pronouns 37
2.3.2 Possessive pronouns 37
2.3.3 Reflexive pronouns 38
2.3.4 Demonstrative pronouns 39
2.3.5 Quantifying pronouns and numerals 40
2.3.6 Relative pronouns 43
2.3.7 Nominal relative pronouns 44
2.3.8 Interrogative pronouns 45
2.3.9 Pronoun one 45
2.3.10 Pronoun it 46
2.4 Main verbs 47
2.4.1 The five verb forms 48
2.4.2 The base form 48
2.4.3 The -s form 49
2.4.4 The past form 49
2.4.5 The -edl-en form 50
2.4.6 The -ing form 50
2.4.7 Irregular verbs 51
2.4.8 Regular and irregular variants 52
2.4.9 The verb be 53
2.4.10 Multi-word verbs 54
2.4.11 Light verbs 54
2.5 Auxiliary verbs 55
2.5.1 Modal auxiliary verbs 56
2.5.2 The meanings of modal auxiliaries 57
2.5.3 The passive auxiliary be 58
2.5.4 The progressive auxiliary be 59
2.5.5 The perfective auxiliary have 59
2.5.6 Auxiliary do 59
2.5.7 Semi-auxiliary verbs 60
2.6 Adjectives 60
2.6.1 Gradable adjectives 62
2.6.2 Comparative adjectives and superlative adjectives 62
2.6.3 Participial adjectives 63
2.6.4 Nominal adjectives 64
2.7 Adverbs 65
2.7.1 Circumstantial adverbs 65
2.7.2 Degree adverbs 67
2.7.3 Comparative adverbs and superlative adverbs 68
2.8 Prepositions 69
2.9 Conjunctions 72
Exercises for Chapter 2 73
Chapter 3 Phrases 78
3.1 What is a phrase? 78
3.2 The basic structure of phrases 79
3.3 Adverb phrases 81
3.3.1 The functions of adverb phrases 83
3.4 Adjective phrases 84
3.4.1 Comparative constructions 86
3.4.2 The functions of adjective phrases 87
3.5 Prepositional phrases 88
3.5.1 The functions of prepositional phrases 90
3.6 Noun phrases 91
3.6.1 Noun phrase Heads 92
3.6.1.1 Identifying the Head 93
3.6.2 Determiners and Determinatives 97
3.6.3 Noun phrase Premodifiers 102
3.6.4 Noun phrase Postmodifiers 105
3.6.4.1 Sequential and embedded Postmodifiers 107
3.6.4.2 Postmodifiers and Complements 109
3.6.5 The functions of noun phrases 110
3.6.6 Apposition 112
3.7 Verb phrases 112
3.7.1 The Operator 114
3.7.2 The ordering of auxiliary verbs 117
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3*7.3 Finite verb phrases and non-finite verb phrases
3.7.4 Movement
3.7.5 Tense
3.7.6 Expressing future time
3.7.7 Aspect
3.7.8 Mood
Exercises for Chapter 3
Chapter 4 Clauses and sentences
4.1 What is a clause?
4.2 Subordination
4.2.1 Finite and non-finite subordinate clauses
4.2.2 Adjunct clauses
4.2.2.1 The meanings of Adjunct clauses
4.2.3 Relative clauses
4.2.4 Nominal relative clauses
4.2.5 That-c lauses
4.2.6 Comparative clauses
4.2.7 The functions of clauses in sentences
4.2.8 The functions of clauses in phrases
4.3 Coordination
4.3.1 Coordination types
4.3.2 The meanings of Coordinators
4.3.3 Correlative Coordinators
4.3.4 Quasi-coordination
4.4 Sentence types
4.4.1 Declarative sentences
4.4.2 Interrogative sentences
4.4.3 Imperative sentences
4.4.4 Exclamative sentences
4.5 Positive sentences and negative sentences
4.6 Inverted sentences
4.7 Extraposition and postponement
4.8 There-sentences
4.9 Cleft sentences
4.10 Sentence connectors
4.10.1 Logical connectors
4.10.2 Structural connectors
4.11 Referring expressions
Exercises for Chapter 4
Chapter 5 Word formation and spelling 176
5.1 The structure of words 176
5.2 Prefixes 176
5.3 Suffixes 177
5.4 Compounding and blending 178
5.5 Acronyms, abbreviations, and clipping 180
5.6 Back formations 182
5.7 Combining forms 182
5.8 Inflections 183
5.9 Adding inflections: general spelling rules 184
5.10 Adding -ly and -ally 186
5.11 Plural nouns 187
5.12 Variants with s or z 188
5.13 British and American spelling variants 189
5.14 Problem spellings 190
Exercises for Chapter 5 193
Answers to exercises 195
Appendix: English irregular verbs 218
Glossary of terms 224
Further reading 240
Index 242
Contents
English: An Essential Grammar is written specifically for
native speakers, beginning with the basics and going
on to deal with phrase, clause and sentence structure,
word formation and spelling. This fully revised third
edition features new material on:
• the structure of phrases and clauses
• light verbs
• nominal adjectives
• the Operator
• preposition to and infinitival to
• the four thats
• determiners, prepositions, and common errors.
With new exercises and answers for all new sections,
this Essential Grammar continues to be the ideal
reference for anyone who would like to improve their
knowledge of English grammar.
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