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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... speech between its members . In old times , when communication between various parts of the country was not easy and ... speech of the educated class , what may be called Standard English , but we must remember that the speech even of ...
... speech between its members . In old times , when communication between various parts of the country was not easy and ... speech of the educated class , what may be called Standard English , but we must remember that the speech even of ...
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... speech arrange their thoughts in the same orderly way as when they write , let alone when they are engaged on literary work . Grammatical expressions have been formed in the course of centuries by innumerable generations of illiterate ...
... speech arrange their thoughts in the same orderly way as when they write , let alone when they are engaged on literary work . Grammatical expressions have been formed in the course of centuries by innumerable generations of illiterate ...
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... Speech 26.81 . In indirect speech the general tendency is to use the same auxiliary as would have been used in direct speech ; but sometimes the verb is made to conform to the person into which the original subject has been shifted ...
... Speech 26.81 . In indirect speech the general tendency is to use the same auxiliary as would have been used in direct speech ; but sometimes the verb is made to conform to the person into which the original subject has been shifted ...
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