Grammar and Meaning: A Semantic Approach to English GrammarRoutledge, 11 cze 2014 - 312 Grammar and Meaning is an introduction to the study of grammar of contemporary English. It provides an impressive survey of all the main areas of English grammar, from words through to sentences and texts. It introduces and explains the linguistic terms needed to talk about the ways in which language works, from simple terms like adjective to more complex terms like non-finite clause. To meet the needs of both students and scholars, Howard Jackson has produced an innovative approach to the study of English grammar. Instead of concentrating on the formal and theoretical discussion of grammar, as many introductions do, this original analysis examines the 'meanings' we want to express when we use language. Beginning with the question, "What do we talk about?", it goes on to investigate how these meanings are structured in the grammar of English. These notions are closer to our ordinary understanding of what language is doing, and therefore the forms and structures of grammar are more easily grasped. The book is extensively illustrated with examples from real English. With analytical exercises in each chapter and a comprehensive glossary of terms, the book will prove and invaluable aid to students of English language, linguistics and English as a Foreign Language, whilst also being accessible to anyone who studies English grammar as part of their course. |
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... roles Participant roles in states and events Participant roles in ACTIONS Other participant roles Nouns Semantic subclasses Number Case Pronouns Exercises Chapter 3 Circumstances: Adverbs and prepositions How necessary are.
... roles Participant roles in states and events Participant roles in ACTIONS Other participant roles Nouns Semantic subclasses Number Case Pronouns Exercises Chapter 3 Circumstances: Adverbs and prepositions How necessary are.
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... roles: states Participant roles: actions Personal pronouns Demonstratives Chapter 3 Locative circumstances Temporal circumstances Process circumstances Contingency circumstances Degree circumstances Chapter 4 Time: past, present, future ...
... roles: states Participant roles: actions Personal pronouns Demonstratives Chapter 3 Locative circumstances Temporal circumstances Process circumstances Contingency circumstances Degree circumstances Chapter 4 Time: past, present, future ...
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... role of 'ACTOR' (the one doing the washing-up) and the dishes have the semantic role of 'AFFECTED' (the things affected by the action of washing-up). The meaning of these elements is constant while their grammatical function changes ...
... role of 'ACTOR' (the one doing the washing-up) and the dishes have the semantic role of 'AFFECTED' (the things affected by the action of washing-up). The meaning of these elements is constant while their grammatical function changes ...
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... roles. Participants take on different semantic roles in a situation. In the case of send, we have referred to the ... role labels which are generalisable to all types of situation. A number of lists have been proposed by different ...
... roles. Participants take on different semantic roles in a situation. In the case of send, we have referred to the ... role labels which are generalisable to all types of situation. A number of lists have been proposed by different ...
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... roles in states and events In Chapter 1 we identified a common semantic feature of STATES and EVENTS, which we termed 'non-agentive': neither STATES nor EVENTS have a participant which has the role of instigator. The primary participant ...
... roles in states and events In Chapter 1 we identified a common semantic feature of STATES and EVENTS, which we termed 'non-agentive': neither STATES nor EVENTS have a participant which has the role of instigator. The primary participant ...
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Adverbs and prepositions | 84 |
Tense aspect and modality | 107 |
Determinatives and modifiers | 132 |
Sentences | 154 |
Embedded clauses | 75 |
Exercises | 95 |
Coordination and conjunction | 113 |
senders choices | 128 |
Envoi | 142 |
Exercises | 144 |
Glossary of Terms | 162 |
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adjective Adjunct adverbial clauses AFFECTED participant associated base form Chapter circumstantial co-ordinating cohesive combination Complement condition conjoiner conjunctive adverbs Consider contains context Contingency countable nouns defart definite article dew-pond discussed elements ellipsis embedded clause English Exercise expressed finite following examples following sentences future genitive identified illustrated included proposition indefinite quantifier infinitive clause inflection ing-clause introduced language LOCATIVE circumstance main clause main proposition main verb mass nouns means modal modal auxiliary verb modifiers non-finite non-finite clause noun phrase Object obligatory occur organisation paragraph participant role past participle past tense periphrastic plural pond position possessive Predicator present participle pro-adverbs progressive pron question reader realised RECIPIENT reference relating relationship relative clause relative pronoun represent result semantic role separate written unit situation type slot speaker specified structure subclass Subject subordinator talk TEMPORAL circumstance text grammar that-clause things typically usually verb forms verb word wh-clause Whitlock's article word-class writing