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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... verb , or the situation type to which it refers , determines , as we shall see in the next chapter , the participants that are required to occur with the verb . Before that , we need to examine in more ... Verbs Verbs Finite verb forms.
... verb , or the situation type to which it refers , determines , as we shall see in the next chapter , the participants that are required to occur with the verb . Before that , we need to examine in more ... Verbs Verbs Finite verb forms.
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... verb . Then we will look more systematically at the relations between verb forms and the meanings we have discussed . Finally , we will comment on some of the relations between tense and aspect on the one hand , and Temporal ...
... verb . Then we will look more systematically at the relations between verb forms and the meanings we have discussed . Finally , we will comment on some of the relations between tense and aspect on the one hand , and Temporal ...
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... verbs : it is , in each case , to all intents and purposes , a distinct modal verb . Indeed , must and ought to have no past tense forms . Where they occur , modal verbs are always the first item in a verb phrase : [ 131 ] can find may ...
... verbs : it is , in each case , to all intents and purposes , a distinct modal verb . Indeed , must and ought to have no past tense forms . Where they occur , modal verbs are always the first item in a verb phrase : [ 131 ] can find may ...
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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