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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... Adverbs . - Pronouns.— The prop - word one . - Secondaries : Substantives . - Pronouns.— Adverbs . Tertiaries : Substantives . — Adjectives . Pronouns . -Rank of word - groups . 8.11 . While the assignation of a word to one of the ...
... Adverbs . - Pronouns.— The prop - word one . - Secondaries : Substantives . - Pronouns.— Adverbs . Tertiaries : Substantives . — Adjectives . Pronouns . -Rank of word - groups . 8.11 . While the assignation of a word to one of the ...
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... adverbs tertiaries , we see shiftings like the following , in which the adverbs have the ending -ly : absolute novelty utter darkness awful fun perfect stranger adj . + sb . II + I absolutely novel utterly dark awfully funny perfectly ...
... adverbs tertiaries , we see shiftings like the following , in which the adverbs have the ending -ly : absolute novelty utter darkness awful fun perfect stranger adj . + sb . II + I absolutely novel utterly dark awfully funny perfectly ...
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... adverbs like chiefly , choicely ; cf. also the derived sub- stantive commonplaceness . Dainty is originally a ... Adverbs 8.62 . The use of adverbs as secondaries is comparatively rare ; examples : The above remark . The off side . In a ...
... adverbs like chiefly , choicely ; cf. also the derived sub- stantive commonplaceness . Dainty is originally a ... Adverbs 8.62 . The use of adverbs as secondaries is comparatively rare ; examples : The above remark . The off side . In a ...
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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