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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... words called verbs . Words in a language are grouped into a number of word classes ( about eight in English ) and ... verb , adjective , adverb , preposition , conjunction , pronoun , etc. We will discuss all of them in the course of our ...
... words called verbs . Words in a language are grouped into a number of word classes ( about eight in English ) and ... verb , adjective , adverb , preposition , conjunction , pronoun , etc. We will discuss all of them in the course of our ...
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... verbs . expressing actions are usually accompanied by a word referring to a doer or agent . Non - agentive means that an event occurs without a human decision or intention being involved . Events and actions , though , as we have seen ...
... verbs . expressing actions are usually accompanied by a word referring to a doer or agent . Non - agentive means that an event occurs without a human decision or intention being involved . Events and actions , though , as we have seen ...
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... word - class of verbs especially with situation types . We should note that a verb word may belong to more than one of the semantic subclasses . We have seen this already in [ 10 ] to [ 12 ] for taste ... verb 15 Semantic classes of verb.
... word - class of verbs especially with situation types . We should note that a verb word may belong to more than one of the semantic subclasses . We have seen this already in [ 10 ] to [ 12 ] for taste ... verb 15 Semantic classes of verb.
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... word - class of verbs . Verbs referring to states include : be , seem , have ... verb word , e.g. have , like , hear , stand , stop , work . You may have noticed that they do not always occur in exactly the ... Verbs Verbs Finite verb forms.
... word - class of verbs . Verbs referring to states include : be , seem , have ... verb word , e.g. have , like , hear , stand , stop , work . You may have noticed that they do not always occur in exactly the ... Verbs Verbs Finite verb forms.
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Nouns | 23 |
Adverbs and prepositions | 46 |
Tense aspect and modality | 76 |
Determinatives and modifiers | 108 |
Sentences | 136 |
Embedded clauses | 170 |
Adverbial clauses | 199 |
Coordination and conjunction | 218 |
Texts | 237 |
References | 257 |
Key to Exercises | 258 |
Glossary of terms | 277 |
Index | 289 |
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3rd person singular adjective Adjunct adverbial clauses AFFECTED participant associated base form Chapter circum circumstantial combination Complement condition conjoiner conjunctive adverbs Consider contains context CONTINGENCY countable nouns defart definite article dew-pond discussed elements ellipsis embedded clauses English Exercise finite following examples following sentences future genitive grammatical identified illustrated included proposition indefinite quantifier infinitive clause inflection ing-clause introduced language main proposition main verb mass nouns meaning modal modal auxiliary verb modified non-finite non-finite clause Non-finite verb noun phrase obligatory occur paragraphs participant role past participle past tense periphrastic point of orientation pond position possessive Predicator present participle present perfective pro-adverbs progressive pron realised RECIPIENT reference relate relative clause relative pronoun represent respect result second proposition semantic role separate written unit situation types slot speaker specified stance structure subclass Subject subordinator talk TEMPORAL circumstance that-clause thing tion typically usually verb forms verb word wh-clause writing