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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... ( note [ ] ) , tomato . Note the French end- stress in many of these recent loans . Tower [ tauǝ ] and tour [ tuǝ ] are two French words tour , taken over at two different times . 3.7 . While the long ME . vowels have thus undergone ...
... ( note [ ] ) , tomato . Note the French end- stress in many of these recent loans . Tower [ tauǝ ] and tour [ tuǝ ] are two French words tour , taken over at two different times . 3.7 . While the long ME . vowels have thus undergone ...
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... Note the formation of superlatives like chiefest , choicest , and of adverbs like chiefly , choicely ; cf. also the derived sub- stantive commonplaceness . Dainty is originally a substantive meaning a delicacy , but now it is freely ...
... Note the formation of superlatives like chiefest , choicest , and of adverbs like chiefly , choicely ; cf. also the derived sub- stantive commonplaceness . Dainty is originally a substantive meaning a delicacy , but now it is freely ...
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... Note the expression of a necessary condition ( cf. 32.35 ) : You must speak out , if we are to remain friends . A mere future result is indicated in The weary ages that have been and are yet to come . I had no children in my marriage ...
... Note the expression of a necessary condition ( cf. 32.35 ) : You must speak out , if we are to remain friends . A mere future result is indicated in The weary ages that have been and are yet to come . I had no children in my marriage ...
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