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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... 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 have many words in common but treat them in a ...
... 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 have many words in common but treat them in a ...
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... language - would appear to be to give rules which must be obeyed if one wants to speak and write the language correctly - rules which as often as not seem quite arbitrary . Of greater value , however , than this prescriptive grammar is ...
... language - would appear to be to give rules which must be obeyed if one wants to speak and write the language correctly - rules which as often as not seem quite arbitrary . Of greater value , however , than this prescriptive grammar is ...
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... language : what in one period was a regular phenomenon may later become isolated and appear as an irregularity , an exception to what has now become the prevailing rule . Our grammar must therefore be historical to a certain extent ...
... language : what in one period was a regular phenomenon may later become isolated and appear as an irregularity , an exception to what has now become the prevailing rule . Our grammar must therefore be historical to a certain extent ...
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