Essentials of English GrammarRoutledge, 24.05.2013 - 800 Seiten This book was first published in 1933, Essentials of English Grammar is a valuable contribution to the field of English Language and Linguistics. |
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... French, and German,” and will also be sold separately.1 OTTO JESPERSEN GENTOFTE, COPENHAGEN janaary 1933 \ London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. CONTENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY . . . . . . 6 ESSENTIALS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
... French, and German,” and will also be sold separately.1 OTTO JESPERSEN GENTOFTE, COPENHAGEN janaary 1933 \ London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. CONTENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY . . . . . . 6 ESSENTIALS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
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... words. CHAPTER VI SPELLING . . . . . . . . . 6x Causes of unphonetic spelling—French influence: ch, g, c, 014, a, o.—-Doubling of letters.—Difierentiation of i, j, u, v.— Leaxned spellings. CHAPTER VII "0. WORD-CLASSES . . . . . . Contents.
... words. CHAPTER VI SPELLING . . . . . . . . . 6x Causes of unphonetic spelling—French influence: ch, g, c, 014, a, o.—-Doubling of letters.—Difierentiation of i, j, u, v.— Leaxned spellings. CHAPTER VII "0. WORD-CLASSES . . . . . . Contents.
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... French grammar with the structure of French, etc. 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 ...
... French grammar with the structure of French, etc. 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 ...
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... French—and later of Latin and Greek—words with a totally different stress system. End-stress was retained in such words as resembled native words with weak prefixes, e.g. arrive, aflair, accuse, connect, complete, desire, escape, endure ...
... French—and later of Latin and Greek—words with a totally different stress system. End-stress was retained in such words as resembled native words with weak prefixes, e.g. arrive, aflair, accuse, connect, complete, desire, escape, endure ...
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... was originally taken over from French to denote the vowel [u]. (2) In the above diagram ME. [a'] has been placed midway between the front and the back-round series. When it was. 34 EVOLUTION OF THE SOUND-SYSTEM [3.5 The great vowel-shift.
... was originally taken over from French to denote the vowel [u]. (2) In the above diagram ME. [a'] has been placed midway between the front and the back-round series. When it was. 34 EVOLUTION OF THE SOUND-SYSTEM [3.5 The great vowel-shift.
Inhalt
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CHAPTER V EVOLUTION OF THE SOUNDSYSTEMconcluded | 50 |
CHAPTER VI SPELLING | 61 |
CHAPTER VII PAGE WORDCLASSES | 66 |
CHAPTER VIII THE THREE RANKS | 78 |
CHAPTER XX NUMBER | 197 |
CHAPTER XXI NUMBERconcluded | 206 |
CHAPTER XXII DEGREE | 219 |
CHAPTER XXIII TENSE | 230 |
CHAPTER XXIV TENSEcontinued | 252 |
CHAPTER XXV WILL AND SHALL | 271 |
CHAPTER XXVI WOULD AND SHOULD | 282 |
CHAPTER XXVII PAGE MOOD | 293 |
CHAPTER IX JUNCTION AND NEXUS | 91 |
CHAPTER X SENTENCESTRUCTURE | 97 |
CHAPTER XI RELATIONS OF VERB TO SUBJECT AND OBJECT | 107 |
CHAPTER XII PASSIVE | 120 |
CHAPTER XIII PAGE PREDICATIVES | 124 |
CHAPTER XIV CASE | 132 |
CHAPTER XV PERSON | 147 |
CHAPTER XVI DEFINITE PRONOUNS | 152 |
CHAPTER XVII INDEFINITE PRONOUNS | 174 |
CHAPTER XVIII PAGE PRONOUNS OF TOTALITY | 184 |
CHAPTER XIX GENDER | 188 |
CHAPTER XXVIII AFFIRMATION NEGATION QUESTION | 296 |
CHAPTER XXIX DEPENDENT NEXUS | 309 |
CHAPTER XXX NEXUSSUBSTANTIVES | 316 |
CHAPTER XXXI THE GERUND | 320 |
CHAPTER XXXII THE INFINITIVE | 329 |
CHAPTER XXXIII CLAUSES AS PRIMARIES | 349 |
CHAPTER XXXIV CLAUSES AS SECONDARIES | 357 |
CHAPTER XXXV CLAUSES AS TERTIARIES | 369 |
CHAPTER XXXVI RETROSPECT | 374 |
INDEX | 379 |
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