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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... Secondary , and " terribly " Tertiary in this combination . 8.12 . In this example we found a substantive as primary , an adjective as secondary , and a particle ( an adverb ) as tertiary ; and there is so far a certain correspondence ...
... Secondary , and " terribly " Tertiary in this combination . 8.12 . In this example we found a substantive as primary , an adjective as secondary , and a particle ( an adverb ) as tertiary ; and there is so far a certain correspondence ...
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... secondary substantive see 8.53 . The secondary combined with one may be a ( relative ) clause : He is of all men in the world the one I like best to talk to . A house like the one where his uncle lived so many years . Or it may be a ...
... secondary substantive see 8.53 . The secondary combined with one may be a ( relative ) clause : He is of all men in the world the one I like best to talk to . A house like the one where his uncle lived so many years . Or it may be a ...
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... secondary and a primary substantive closely resemble combinations of an adjective secondary and a substantive , and this similarity leads to interesting grammatical consequences . First we have these substantival secondaries co ...
... secondary and a primary substantive closely resemble combinations of an adjective secondary and a substantive , and this similarity leads to interesting grammatical consequences . First we have these substantival secondaries co ...
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