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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... preposition . - After than . - Infinitives as secondaries . - To do . -Passive meaning . - Is to . - Infinitives as tertiaries . - Purpose . -Result . - Primaries of an infinitive - nexus . - Subject not mentioned . - Infinitival nexus ...
... preposition . - After than . - Infinitives as secondaries . - To do . -Passive meaning . - Is to . - Infinitives as tertiaries . - Purpose . -Result . - Primaries of an infinitive - nexus . - Subject not mentioned . - Infinitival nexus ...
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... preposition at . But the whole may also be analysed in another way , laughed at may be called a transitive verb - phrase having Jim as its object . In this way we come to understand how it is possible to turn the sentence into the ...
... preposition at . But the whole may also be analysed in another way , laughed at may be called a transitive verb - phrase having Jim as its object . In this way we come to understand how it is possible to turn the sentence into the ...
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Otto Jespersen. No Preposition before a Clause " " 33.3 . The general feeling is that clauses governed by pre- positions are clumsy constructions ; therefore clauses are often added without a preposition to words which otherwise require ...
Otto Jespersen. No Preposition before a Clause " " 33.3 . The general feeling is that clauses governed by pre- positions are clumsy constructions ; therefore clauses are often added without a preposition to words which otherwise require ...
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