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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... word- order . 10.31 . When we hear the sentences : John saw Henry , and Henry saw John , the word - order gives us the key to the right understanding . The normal word - order in English is : Subject - Verb - Object ; we may write this ...
... word- order . 10.31 . When we hear the sentences : John saw Henry , and Henry saw John , the word - order gives us the key to the right understanding . The normal word - order in English is : Subject - Verb - Object ; we may write this ...
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... word is meant as subject or as object , thus after than and as : He likes his father better than ( just as much as ) his mother ( cf. 14.2 ) . Perfect clearness can here be obtained by the ... word - order ( S 102 [ 10.4 SENTENCE - STRUCTURE.
... word is meant as subject or as object , thus after than and as : He likes his father better than ( just as much as ) his mother ( cf. 14.2 ) . Perfect clearness can here be obtained by the ... word - order ( S 102 [ 10.4 SENTENCE - STRUCTURE.
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Otto Jespersen. Question , word - order 10.4 , 10.73 , 28.5 , tone 28.6 , double - barrelled 28.7 , elliptical 28.72 , implies negation 28.8 , exclamatory 13.4 quite a 17.52 Quotation substantives 7.76 [ r ] R 2.2 , 4.1 , inserted 4.52 ...
Otto Jespersen. Question , word - order 10.4 , 10.73 , 28.5 , tone 28.6 , double - barrelled 28.7 , elliptical 28.72 , implies negation 28.8 , exclamatory 13.4 quite a 17.52 Quotation substantives 7.76 [ r ] R 2.2 , 4.1 , inserted 4.52 ...
Inhalt
CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
EVOLUTION OF THE SOUNDSYSTEM | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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