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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... position and back is a " flap , " but initially and after a long vowel , as in rye , roll , roaring , Mary , the ... positions . This is par- ticularly conspicuous in such words as very American , where the [ r ] is apt to colour the ...
... position and back is a " flap , " but initially and after a long vowel , as in rye , roll , roaring , Mary , the ... positions . This is par- ticularly conspicuous in such words as very American , where the [ r ] is apt to colour the ...
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... position of the sound in the end or middle of a word , the second dependent on stress . According to the first law we have a voiced consonant in medial and a voiceless consonant in final position ; this , however , con- cerns only ...
... position of the sound in the end or middle of a word , the second dependent on stress . According to the first law we have a voiced consonant in medial and a voiceless consonant in final position ; this , however , con- cerns only ...
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... position immediately before ) a verb , while the objective is used everywhere else . A few quotations will show this use of the objective in an independent position : What could I do with Fanny ? Me ! a poor helpless widow ( Jane Austen ) ...
... position immediately before ) a verb , while the objective is used everywhere else . A few quotations will show this use of the objective in an independent position : What could I do with Fanny ? Me ! a poor helpless widow ( Jane Austen ) ...
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