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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... distinction between : the speaker : the first person , the person ( or persons ) spoken to the second person , and what is neither speaker nor spoken to : the third person . " " " " It is easy to see that this grammatical terminology ...
... distinction between : the speaker : the first person , the person ( or persons ) spoken to the second person , and what is neither speaker nor spoken to : the third person . " " " " It is easy to see that this grammatical terminology ...
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... distinction has some con- nexion with the natural distinction between male , female , and sexless , but in a great ... distinctions more in detail and shall then find that the logical distinctions just made are.
... distinction has some con- nexion with the natural distinction between male , female , and sexless , but in a great ... distinctions more in detail and shall then find that the logical distinctions just made are.
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... distinction between active and passive infinitive has some- times hardly any importance : There is only one thing to ... distinction : There were always four little boys to pick up the balls and at least three dozen balls to be picked up ...
... distinction between active and passive infinitive has some- times hardly any importance : There is only one thing to ... distinction : There were always four little boys to pick up the balls and at least three dozen balls to be picked up ...
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