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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... belongs to it is not enough to consider its form in itself ; what is decisive is the way in which the word in connected speech " behaves " towards other words , and in which other words . behave towards it . If we find that one and the ...
... belongs to it is not enough to consider its form in itself ; what is decisive is the way in which the word in connected speech " behaves " towards other words , and in which other words . behave towards it . If we find that one and the ...
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... belongs to the whole expression mother's heart ( cp . , on the other hand , the heart of her mother ) . Similarly in " Interrupted by a loud visitor's knock at the front door . " In a haggard , old man's smile the word haggard qualifies ...
... belongs to the whole expression mother's heart ( cp . , on the other hand , the heart of her mother ) . Similarly in " Interrupted by a loud visitor's knock at the front door . " In a haggard , old man's smile the word haggard qualifies ...
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... belongs to the infinitive as a necessary part of it , than the definite article belongs to the substantive , and no one would think of calling " the good man " a split substantive . The word - order with the adverb after to seems in ...
... belongs to the infinitive as a necessary part of it , than the definite article belongs to the substantive , and no one would think of calling " the good man " a split substantive . The word - order with the adverb after to seems in ...
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