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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... denote the sound - combination [ tЛ ] as in chaste , chief , merchant ; in English this spelling was used not only in originally French words , but also in native words like child , much . In French the stop [ t ] was later dropped ...
... denote the sound - combination [ tЛ ] as in chaste , chief , merchant ; in English this spelling was used not only in originally French words , but also in native words like child , much . In French the stop [ t ] was later dropped ...
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... denotes a living being : the Almighty | the accused ; cf. also the deceased . But it may be freely used in this way to denote an abstract notion : To separate the known from the unknown . One must bow to the inevitable . He is always ...
... denotes a living being : the Almighty | the accused ; cf. also the deceased . But it may be freely used in this way to denote an abstract notion : To separate the known from the unknown . One must bow to the inevitable . He is always ...
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... denotes a collection of individuals which are viewed as a unit . The same is true of family , clergy , party , etc. Such words are termed collectives . As they denote at the same time a plurality and a unit , they may be said to be ...
... denotes a collection of individuals which are viewed as a unit . The same is true of family , clergy , party , etc. Such words are termed collectives . As they denote at the same time a plurality and a unit , they may be said to be ...
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