Grammar and Meaning: A Semantic Approach to English GrammarLongman, 1990 - 292 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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... participant who instigates or causes an action . An AGENTIVE participant must be animate ( human or non- human ) , since agentivity implies an exercise of the will and an intention to do some action . The first participant in each of ...
... participant who instigates or causes an action . An AGENTIVE participant must be animate ( human or non- human ) , since agentivity implies an exercise of the will and an intention to do some action . The first participant in each of ...
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... participant role of RESULTANT . A RESULTANT comes into being as a consequence of the action carried out by the AGENTIVE participant . It should be noted that the same verb may refer both to an activity ... participant 30 Participants : Nouns.
... participant role of RESULTANT . A RESULTANT comes into being as a consequence of the action carried out by the AGENTIVE participant . It should be noted that the same verb may refer both to an activity ... participant 30 Participants : Nouns.
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... participant , and the role of ' a kick ' will be discussed later in this chapter under the heading ' Other participant roles ' . A further case of a third participant occurs in [ 41 ] . Again the first two participants have the roles of ...
... participant , and the role of ' a kick ' will be discussed later in this chapter under the heading ' Other participant roles ' . A further case of a third participant occurs in [ 41 ] . Again the first two participants have the roles of ...
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adjective Adjunct adverbial clauses AFFECTED participant associated base form CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ Chapter circum circumstantial cohesion combination Complement conjoiner conjunctive adverbs Consider contains context CONTINGENCY countable nouns CRUZ The University defart definite article discussed elements ellipsis embedded clause English Exercise finite following examples future genitive identified illustrated included proposition indefinite quantifier infinitive clause inflection ing-clause introduced lexical LOCATIVE circumstance main proposition main verb mass nouns meaning modal modal auxiliary verb modifiers non-finite non-finite clause noun phrase Object obligatory occur paragraph participant role past participle past tense periphrastic phrasal verbs plural pond position possessive Predicator present participle present perfective pro-adverbs progressive pron realised RECIPIENT reference relating relative clause relative pronoun represent respect result semantic role separate written unit situation type slot speaker specified stance structure subclass Subject subordinator talk TEMPORAL circumstance that-clause thing tion typically UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA usually verb forms verb word wh-clause