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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... Language consists of words , but the way in which these words are modified and joined together to express thoughts and feelings differs from one language to another . English and French have many words in common but treat them in a ...
... Language consists of words , but the way in which these words are modified and joined together to express thoughts and feelings differs from one language to another . English and French have many words in common but treat them in a ...
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... language : what in one period was a regular phenomenon may later become isolated and appear as an irregularity , an exception to what has now become the prevailing rule . Our grammar must therefore be historical to a certain extent ...
... language : what in one period was a regular phenomenon may later become isolated and appear as an irregularity , an exception to what has now become the prevailing rule . Our grammar must therefore be historical to a certain extent ...
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... language ; the latter varies from language to language and is the linguistic expression of time - relations , so far as these are indicated in verb forms . In English , however , as well as in many other languages , such forms serve not ...
... language ; the latter varies from language to language and is the linguistic expression of time - relations , so far as these are indicated in verb forms . In English , however , as well as in many other languages , such forms serve not ...
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CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
CHAPTER III | 29 |
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adjectives adjunct adverbs amorphous sentences auxiliary barks CHAPTER chiefly colloquial combinations Compare compounds connexion consonant construction corresponding definite article denote Dickens diphthongs distinction English examples expanded tenses express felt French frequent future genitive gerund grammatical H. W. Fowler idea implies indefinite indefinite article indicated indirect object infinitive interrogative intransitive Jane Austen John kind lady language look married mass-words meaning mentioned names natural negative never nexus nexus-substantives Note originally participle passive perfect phonetic pluperfect plural possible preceded predicative present tense preterit primary pronouns pronunciation question reference regard relative clause relative pronoun secondary seen sense set phrases Similarly singular sometimes sound speak speaker speech spelling spoken stantive stress subjunctive substantive superlative syllable tell tendency tertiary thing third person thou transitive verbs verb voiceless vowel woman word-order words writing