Essentials of English GrammarUniversity of Alabama Press, 1964 - 387 Seiten A classic of English grammar, Essentials of English Grammar provides a common ground for the traditionalist and the structural or descriptive linguist. Jespersen's work provides insight into the fundamental concepts that underlie the linguistic approach, but at the same time the foundation of the traditional approach is retained. |
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... English friends ( among them Professors W. E. Collinson , G. C. Moore Smith , and R. A. Williams ) , who asked me to bring out a one - volume grammar embodying the prin- ciples explained in The Philosophy of Grammar and partly carried ...
... English friends ( among them Professors W. E. Collinson , G. C. Moore Smith , and R. A. Williams ) , who asked me to bring out a one - volume grammar embodying the prin- ciples explained in The Philosophy of Grammar and partly carried ...
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... English grammar with the structure of English , French grammar with the structure of French , etc. Language consists of words , but the way in which these words are modified and joined together to express thoughts and feelings differs ...
... English grammar with the structure of English , French grammar with the structure of French , etc. Language consists of words , but the way in which these words are modified and joined together to express thoughts and feelings differs ...
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... English orthography represents the pronunciation pre- valent about that time or even earlier . An equally important factor was the influence of French- later also of Latin - spelling . Norman scribes introduced several peculiarities of ...
... English orthography represents the pronunciation pre- valent about that time or even earlier . An equally important factor was the influence of French- later also of Latin - spelling . Norman scribes introduced several peculiarities of ...
Inhalt
CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
EVOLUTION OF THE SOUNDSYSTEM | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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adjectives adjunct adverbs amorphous sentences auxiliary barks CHAPTER chiefly colloquial combinations Compare compounds connexion consonant construction corresponding definite denote Dickens diphthongs distinction English examples expressed felt fool French frequent genitive gerund grammatical H. W. Fowler idea indefinite article indicated indirect object infinitive interrogative intransitive Jane Austen John kind king lady language live look married mass-words meaning mentioned names natural negative never nexus nexus-substantives Note one's originally participle passive perfect phonetic pluperfect plural possessive pronoun possible predicative prepositional group present preterit primary pronouns prop-word question reference regard relative clause relative pronoun secondary seen sense set phrases Similarly singular sometimes sound speak speaker speech spelling stantive stress substantive superlative syllable tendency tertiary Thackeray thing third person thou transitive verbs verb voiceless vowel woman word-order words writing