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Grammar and meaning : a semantic approach to English grammar

An exploration of the semantic approach to grammar. Topics covered in this work range from co-ordination and conjunction in combining propositions, to tense, aspect and modality in specifying states, events and actions.
Print Book, English, 2017
Routledge, London, 2017
1 volume.
9781138466807, 1138466808
1015875732
List of key diagrams and tablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 States, Events, Actions: Verbs2. Participants: Nouns3 Circumstances: Adverbs and prepositions4 Specifying States, Events and Actions: Tense, aspect and modality5 Specifying Participants: Determinatives and modifiers6 Propositions: Sentences7 Propositions as Participants and Specifiers: Embedded clauses8 Propositions as Circumstances: Adverbial clauses9 Combining Propositions: Co-ordination and conjunction10 Messages: Texts. ReferencesKey to ExercisesGlossary of TermsIndex
Originally published: London: Longman, 1990. - Includes index