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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... another. Our chief concern will be with the normal speech of the educated class, what may be called Standard English, but we must remember that the speech even of “ standard speakers" varies a good deal according to I6 INTRODUCTORY [1.1.
... another. Our chief concern will be with the normal speech of the educated class, what may be called Standard English, but we must remember that the speech even of “ standard speakers" varies a good deal according to I6 INTRODUCTORY [1.1.
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... speakers, and even in the most elevated literary style we are obliged to conform to what has become, in this way ... speaker and hearer. It should also be always remembered that this linguistic intercourse takes place not in isolated ...
... speakers, and even in the most elevated literary style we are obliged to conform to what has become, in this way ... speaker and hearer. It should also be always remembered that this linguistic intercourse takes place not in isolated ...
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... speaker, who inserts the words that fit the particular situation, and shapes and arranges them according to certain patterns. The words that make up the sentences are variable, but the type is fixed. Now this distinction pervades all ...
... speaker, who inserts the words that fit the particular situation, and shapes and arranges them according to certain patterns. The words that make up the sentences are variable, but the type is fixed. Now this distinction pervades all ...
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... speaker gives, suppression is what he does not give, though he might have given it, and impression is what the ... speakers of the language investigated, and thus may lead to a scientific 1.2] INTRODUCTORY 19.
... speaker gives, suppression is what he does not give, though he might have given it, and impression is what the ... speakers of the language investigated, and thus may lead to a scientific 1.2] INTRODUCTORY 19.
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... speakers and writers. Such a grammar Should also be explanatory, giving, as far as this is possible, the reasons why the usage is such and such. These reasons may, according to circumstances, be phonetic or psychological, or in some ...
... speakers and writers. Such a grammar Should also be explanatory, giving, as far as this is possible, the reasons why the usage is such and such. These reasons may, according to circumstances, be phonetic or psychological, or in some ...
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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