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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... regard to many of them it is char- acteristic that their full import in each sentence in which they occur can only be grasped from the whole situation or context : this is particularly true of words like I and this . The form of ...
... regard to many of them it is char- acteristic that their full import in each sentence in which they occur can only be grasped from the whole situation or context : this is particularly true of words like I and this . The form of ...
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... regard to sex , e.g. friend , thief , worm ; nation . Words denoting male beings , e.g. father , bull . Words denoting female beings , e.g. mother , cow . Words denoting something inanimate , e.g. star , storm , idea , kindness . 19.13 ...
... regard to sex , e.g. friend , thief , worm ; nation . Words denoting male beings , e.g. father , bull . Words denoting female beings , e.g. mother , cow . Words denoting something inanimate , e.g. star , storm , idea , kindness . 19.13 ...
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... regard to the use or non - use of to ( e.g. the half - obsolete bid without to ) . With regard to word - order we have here the same rule as above ( 29.1 ) : the primary is generally placed before the infini- tive . Exceptions occur ...
... regard to the use or non - use of to ( e.g. the half - obsolete bid without to ) . With regard to word - order we have here the same rule as above ( 29.1 ) : the primary is generally placed before the infini- tive . Exceptions occur ...
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