1st Edition
Grammar and Meaning A Semantic Approach to English Grammar
By Howard Jackson
Copyright 1990
308 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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Grammar and Meaning is an introduction to the study of grammar of contemporary English. It provides an impressive survey of all the main areas of English grammar, from words through to sentences and texts. It introduces and explains the linguistic terms needed to talk about the ways in which language works, from simple terms like adjective to more complex terms like non-finite clause. To meet the... Read more
List of key diagrams and tablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 States, Events, Actions: Verbs2. Participants: Nouns3 Circumstances: Adverbs and prepositions4 Specifying States, Events and Actions: Tense, aspect and modality5 Specifying Participants: Determinatives and modifiers6 Propositions: Sentences7 Propositions as Participants and Specifiers: Embedded clauses8 Propositions as Circumstances: Adverbial clauses9 Combining Propositions: Co-ordination and conjunction10 Messages: Texts. ReferencesKey to ExercisesGlossary of TermsIndex
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Howard Jackson
