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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... Examples of [ sj ] > [ Л ] : mission , pension , nation , portion ; ocean , musician , Venetian . vicious , ambitious , anxious . special , social , partial . ancient , patient ; patience , conscience . Prussia , inertia ; species ...
... Examples of [ sj ] > [ Л ] : mission , pension , nation , portion ; ocean , musician , Venetian . vicious , ambitious , anxious . special , social , partial . ancient , patient ; patience , conscience . Prussia , inertia ; species ...
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... example as tertiaries in the same way as cleverly . 8.2 . As adjectives are generally secondaries , and adverbs tertiaries ... examples of the most normal cases , substantives as primaries , adjectives as secondaries , and adverbs as ...
... example as tertiaries in the same way as cleverly . 8.2 . As adjectives are generally secondaries , and adverbs tertiaries ... examples of the most normal cases , substantives as primaries , adjectives as secondaries , and adverbs as ...
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... examples like " the door is red " and " the dog barks " the nexus is independent and forms a whole sentence , i.e. it gives a complete bit of information . But it is important to notice that a nexus may also be dependent , and in that ...
... examples like " the door is red " and " the dog barks " the nexus is independent and forms a whole sentence , i.e. it gives a complete bit of information . But it is important to notice that a nexus may also be dependent , and in that ...
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