UID:
almafu_9960117769902883
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 1842 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-316-95812-4
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1-316-42353-0
Content:
This book presents a new and comprehensive descriptive grammar of English, written by the principal authors in collaboration with an international research team of a dozen linguists in five countries. It represents a major advance over previous grammars by virtue of drawing systematically on the linguistic research carried out on English during the last forty years. It incorporates insights from the theoretical literature but presents them in a way that is accessible to readers without formal training in linguistics. It is based on a sounder and more consistent descriptive framework than previous large-scale grammars, and includes much more explanation of grammatical terms and concepts, together with justification for the ways in which the analysis differs from traditional grammar. The book contains twenty chapters and a guide to further reading. Its usefulness is enhanced by diagrams of sentence structure, cross-references between sections, a comprehensive index, and user-friendly design and typography throughout.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 May 2017).
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Preliminaries -- Syntactic overview -- The verb -- The clause: complements -- Nouns and noun phrases -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Prepositions and preposition phrases -- The clause: adjuncts -- Negation -- Clause type and illocutionary force -- Content clauses and reported speech -- Relative constructions and unbounded dependencies -- Comparative constructions -- Non-finite and verbless clauses -- Coordination and supplementation -- Information packaging -- Deixis and anaphora -- Inflectional morphology and related matters -- Lexical word-formation -- Punctuation.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-43146-8
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316423530
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