Download or read book The Grammar of the English Tense System written by and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-08-22 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grammar of the English Tense System forms the first volume of a four-volume set, The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase. The other volumes, to appear over the next few years, will deal with mood and modality, aspect and voice. The book aims to provide a grammar of tense which can be used both as an advanced reference grammar (for example by MA-level or postgraduate students of English or linguistics) and as a scientific study which can act as a basis for and stimulus to further research. It provides not only a wealth of data but also a unique framework for the study of the English tense system, which achieves great predictive and explanatory power on the basis of a limited number of relatively simple rules. The framework provided allows for an analysis of the semantics of individual tenses which reflects the role of tenses not only in locating situations in time relative to speech time but also in relating situations in time relative to one another to form temporally coherent discourse. Attention is paid to the relations between tenses. On the one hand, we can identify sets of tenses linked to particular temporal areas such as the past or the future. These sets of tenses provide for the expression of a system of temporal relations in a stretch of discourse in which all the situations are located within the same temporal area. On the other hand, there are many contexts in which speakers might in theory choose between two or more tenses to locate a situation (e.g., when we choose between the past tense and the present perfect to locate a situation before speech time), and the book examines the difference that a choice of one or the other tense may make within a discourse context. The book moves from a detailed exploration of the meaning and use of individual tenses to a thorough analysis of the way in which tenses can be seen to function together as sets, and finally to a detailed examination of tenses in, and tenses interacting with, temporal adverbials. Original data is used frequently throughout the book to illustrate the theory discussed.

Download or read book Systems in English Grammar written by Peter Master and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-04 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text introduces future teachers of English to the major elements of English grammar in a systematic fashion using step-by-step procedures, charts and diagrams, numerous exercises, and a unique problem-solving approach that prepares the teacher to present grammar to students with confidence and clarity.

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Download or read book A New System of English Grammar or English so illustrated as to facilitate the acquisition of other languages With an appendix etc written by R. S. SKILLERN and published by . This book was released on 1802 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A New Approach to English Grammar on Semantic Principles written by Robert M. W. Dixon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linguists often portray grammar as a kind of self-sufficient algebra. R. M. W. Dixon offers a new approach, starting from the premiss that a speaker codes a 'meaning' into grammatical forms in order to communicate them to a hearer, who recovers the 'meaning'. He investigates theinterrelation of grammar and meaning, and uncovers a rationale for the varying grammatical properties of different words-why, for instance, we can say I wish to go and I wish that he would go, and then I want to go but not I want that he should go.In the first part of the book there is a review of some of the main points of English syntax, followed by a discussion of English verbs in terms of 'semantic types'. About thirty of these types are examined, including verbs of Motion, of Giving, of Thinking, of Speaking, of Liking, and of Typing.In the last part of the book the author looks in detail at five grammatical topics: complement clauses, which can fill subject or object slot in a main clause; the question of transitivity and causatives; passives of all kinds; promotion of a non-subject to subject slot, as in Dictionaries sellwellR; and the relation between constructions such as They walked and They had a walk, She punched him and She gave him a punchR, and He looked and He took a look.

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Download or read book English Grammar written by Talmy Givón and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The approach to language and grammar that motivates this book is unabashedly functional; grammar is not just a system of empty rules, it is a means to an end, an instrument for constructing concise coherent communication. In grammar as in music, good expression rides on good form. Figuratively and literally, grammar like musical form must make sense. But for the instrument to serve its purpose, it must first exist; the rules must be real, they can be explicitly described and taught. This book is intended for both students and teachers, at college level, for both native and nonnative speakers. With the guidance of a teacher this book will serve as a thorough introduction to the grammar of English. Volume II continues with syntactic and communicative complexity: embedded clauses – verb complements, relative clauses; detransitive voice – passive, anti-passive, impersonal and middle voice, reflexive and reciprocal constructions; focus and topic constructions; nondeclarative speech acts. It closes with interclausal connectivity: conjoined and subordinate clauses, the grammar of discourse coherence, clause chains and thematic paragraphs.

Download or read book A New System of English Grammar by the Study of Which Youth and Adults May Become Accomplished Grammarians in Three Or Four Months Without the Aid O written by Sidney S. Caldwell and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ... ADJECTIVE. LESSON XV.--ADJECTIVE. Q. 1. What is the office of an adjective? A. An Adjective is a word which is generally used to qualify a noun; as, A good boy; An industrious man. Q. 2. Adjectives are frequently placed after the nouns which they qualify. Can you give some such examples? A. Gold is heavy; Fruit is abundant; The sea is green; Those men are tall; The weather is calm; A lion is bold. Q. 3. Do adjectives ever restrict nouns? A. They do. Adjectives frequently restrict nouns; as, one mill; ten cents; twenty dollars; one hundred guineas; 'ten thousand people; fifty million inhabitants. Q. 4. Do adjectives ever belong to pronouns? A. They do. Adjectives frequently belong to pronouns; as, Jam happy; thou art wise; you are industrious; he is studious; site is intelligent; we are cheerful; ye are assiduous; tJiey are benevolent. t Q. 5. Do adjectives ever belong to verbs in the infinitive mood? A. They do. Adjectives sometimes belong to verbs in the infinitive mood, or to a part of a sentence; as, To see is pleasant; To be blind is unfortunate; To die for our country is glorious. Q. 6. Do adjectives ever belong to verbs which are not in the infinitive mood? _ A. They do. Adjectives sometimes belong to verbs which are not in the infinitive mood; as, The apples boil soft; Open your hand wide; The clay burns white; The fire bums blue; The eggs boil hard. Q. 7. Are adjectives ever used to qualify other adjectives? A. They are. Adjectives are sometimes used to modify the sense of other adjectives; as, Red hot iron; Pale blue lining; Deep sea-green sash; Orange colored dresses; Sky blue colors. Q. 8. As it is all important that you should understand this part of speech, before you commence the study of the next, will you read the...

Download or read book Understanding English Grammar written by Ronald Wardhaugh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding English Grammar presents a linguistic introduction to the structure of English that is accessible to students who have had little or no opportunity to study the language. Familiarizes students with the essential structural characteristics of English. Features accessible coverage of syntax, morphology, and phonology, as well as basic linguistic concepts. Includes numerous examples, exercises, and an indexed glossary.

Download or read book English Grammar written by Talmy Givón and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The approach to language and grammar that motivates this book is unabashedly functional; grammar is not just a system of empty rules, it is a means to an end, an instrument for constructing concise coherent communication. In grammar as in music, good expression rides on good form. Figuratively and literally, grammar like musical form must make sense. But for the instrument to serve its purpose, it must first exist; the rules must be real, they can be explicitly described and taught. This book is intended for both students and teachers, at college level, for both native and nonnative speakers. With the guidance of a teacher this book will serve as a thorough introduction to the grammar of English. Volume I begins with words and their meanings, then on to propositions and simple state or event clauses – participant roles, verb types, transitivity, subjects and objects. It then covers the grammatical sub systems commonly found in simple clauses: Verbal inflections, auxiliaries and the grammar of tense-aspect modality and negation; articles determiners, pronouns and the grammar of referential coherence; the variety of noun phrases and noun modifiers.

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