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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... denote the sound - combination [ tЛ ] as in chaste , chief , merchant ; in English this spelling was used not only in originally French words , but also in native words like child , much . In French the stop [ t ] was later dropped ...
... denote the sound - combination [ tЛ ] as in chaste , chief , merchant ; in English this spelling was used not only in originally French words , but also in native words like child , much . In French the stop [ t ] was later dropped ...
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... denotes a living being : the Almighty | the accused ; cf. also the deceased . But it may be freely used in this way to denote an abstract notion : To separate the known from the unknown . One must bow to the inevitable . He is always ...
... denotes a living being : the Almighty | the accused ; cf. also the deceased . But it may be freely used in this way to denote an abstract notion : To separate the known from the unknown . One must bow to the inevitable . He is always ...
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... denote one particular sex , chiefly the male - the female only in the case of some animals the males of which have comparatively little importance . ( Note that in the list ( A ) horse , besides being a common - sex word , may be used ...
... denote one particular sex , chiefly the male - the female only in the case of some animals the males of which have comparatively little importance . ( Note that in the list ( A ) horse , besides being a common - sex word , may be used ...
Inhalt
CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
EVOLUTION OF THE SOUNDSYSTEM | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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adjectives adjunct adverbs auxiliary CHAPTER chiefly colloquial combinations comparative compounds conjunction connexion consonant construction corresponding definite denote Dickens diphthongs distinction English examples expanded tenses express felt French frequent future genitive gerund grammatical hence idea implies indefinite article indicated indirect object infinitive interrogative interrogative word intransitive intransitive verbs Jane Austen kind lady language look main sentence married mass-words meaning mentioned names natural negative never nexus nexus-substantives Note object originally passive perfect phonetic phrases pluperfect plural possessive pronoun possible predicative present tense preterit primary pronouns pronunciation question reference relative clause relative pronoun secondary seen sense set phrases Similarly singular sometimes sound speak speaker speech spelling spoken stress subjunctive substantive superlative syllable tendency tertiary thing third person thou verb voiceless voiceless consonant volition vowel woman word-order words writing