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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... especially before [ f , þ , s ] , where many speakers , especially in the North of England and in America , have [ æ ] or [ æ ] corresponding to Southern English [ a ] , and [ ] corresponding to Southern [ ' ] . These fluctuations are ...
... especially before [ f , þ , s ] , where many speakers , especially in the North of England and in America , have [ æ ] or [ æ ] corresponding to Southern English [ a ] , and [ ] corresponding to Southern [ ' ] . These fluctuations are ...
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... especially if the meaning of the original composition has been obscured . Examples : man [ mæn || -mən ] , in postman , gentleman , Englishman , etc. But in some rarer compounds , like nurseryman , [ -mæn ] may be heard . land [ lænd ...
... especially if the meaning of the original composition has been obscured . Examples : man [ mæn || -mən ] , in postman , gentleman , Englishman , etc. But in some rarer compounds , like nurseryman , [ -mæn ] may be heard . land [ lænd ...
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... especially if they are descriptive ( she will dress care- fully she wants to dress elegantly ) , or before to ( we want never to see him in order not to trouble them ) . This latter place is often perfectly natural , in some cases even ...
... especially if they are descriptive ( she will dress care- fully she wants to dress elegantly ) , or before to ( we want never to see him in order not to trouble them ) . This latter place is often perfectly natural , in some cases even ...
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