David J Young

The Structure of English Clauses

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1980, this book provides a clear and practical introduction to a wide variety of English structures. It concentrates on a large and crucial area of English grammar, which covers units of higher rank than words, and structures that have verbs rather than nouns as their nuclear elements. This is a book that will encourage a realistic, exploratory and investigative attitude towards the English language.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9781138919082
• ISBN-10: 113891908X
• Artikelnr.: 42198343

Autorenporträt

David Young

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; List of Symbols 1. Levels of linguistic structure 2. Grammar and
grammatical rules 3. Clauses: meanings and structures 4. Structural
recursion 5. Mood 6. Mood tags 7. Imperatives 8. Modality 9. Adjuncts and
prepositional groups 10. Complementation 11. Phase 12. Theme 13. Voice 14.
The verbal group 1 15. The verbal group 2 16. Tense and aspect 17. Clause
complexes 1 18. Clause complexes 2 19. Bound clauses 1 20. Bound clauses 2
21. Reporting clauses 22. Reported mood and reported speech 23. Rankshift;
Appendix A: English intonation; Appendix B: Passages of spoken text; Notes
and suggestions for further reading; References; Key to exercises; Index