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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Otto Jespersen. CHAPTER X SENTENCE - STRUCTURE Subject and predicate . — Object.— Word - order . —Inversion . Amorphous sentences . 10.11 . In such a simple sentence as the dog barks - and naturally also in clauses like that the dog ...
Otto Jespersen. CHAPTER X SENTENCE - STRUCTURE Subject and predicate . — Object.— Word - order . —Inversion . Amorphous sentences . 10.11 . In such a simple sentence as the dog barks - and naturally also in clauses like that the dog ...
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... sentences ? If he hears a sentence like " John saw Henry , " it is , of course , necessary for him at once to know who was the seer and who was seen . How is this effected ? 10.23 . Some pronouns have different forms - case - forms ...
... sentences ? If he hears a sentence like " John saw Henry , " it is , of course , necessary for him at once to know who was the seer and who was seen . How is this effected ? 10.23 . Some pronouns have different forms - case - forms ...
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... sentence ) , a dependent nexus forms only a part of a sentence , and thus may be either a primary in a sen- tence ( subject or object ) , a secondary ( an adjunct ) to a primary in a sentence , or a tertiary in a sentence . A dependent ...
... sentence ) , a dependent nexus forms only a part of a sentence , and thus may be either a primary in a sen- tence ( subject or object ) , a secondary ( an adjunct ) to a primary in a sentence , or a tertiary in a sentence . A dependent ...
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