Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 610 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Chapter 1 Basic concepts -- chapter 2 The skeleton of the message: Introduction to clause Structure -- chapter 3 The development of the message: Complementation of the verb -- chapter 4 Conceptualising patterns of experience: Processes, participants, circumstances -- chapter 5 Interaction between speaker and hearer: Linking speech acts and grammar -- chapter 6 Organising the message: Thematic and information structures of the clause -- chapter 7 Expanding the message: Clause combinations -- chapter 8 Talking about events: The Verbal Group -- chapter 9 Viewpoints on events: Tense, aspect and modality -- chapter 10 Talking about people and things: The Nominal Group -- chapter 11 Describing persons, things and circumstances: Adjectival and Adverbial groups -- chapter 12 Spatial, temporal and other relationships: The Prepositional Phrase |
Summary |
Presenting a course on English grammar, this book includes many entries and examples of language in use. It is useful reading for non-native speakers of English |
Notes |
Previous edition: published as A university course in English grammar. 2002 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-595) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
English language -- Grammar.
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English language -- Grammar -- Problems, exercises, etc
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English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- English as a Second Language.
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English language
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English language -- Grammar
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Engels.
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Genre/Form |
Problems and exercises
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Textbooks
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Locke, Philip.
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Downing, Angela.
University course in English grammar.
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ISBN |
9780203087640 |
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020308764X |
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9780415287869 |
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0415287863 |
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