Understanding English Grammar - A Linguistic Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Thomas E. Payne is a Research Associate in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Oregon. Klappentext Unlike other textbooks! it helps students to understand grammar rather than see it as a set of facts and rules. Zusammenfassung Language is primarily a tool for communication! yet many textbooks still treat English grammar as a set of rules and facts to be memorised by rote. This new textbook is made for students who are frustrated with this approach and would like instead to understand grammar and how it works. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. History; 2. Typology; 3. The lexicon; 4. Morphology - the shapes of words; 5. Participant reference; 6. Actions! states and processes; 7. Basic concepts in English syntax; 8. Advanced concepts in English syntax; 9. Complementation; 10. Modification; 11. Auxiliaries and the 'black hole' of English syntax; 12. Time and reality; 13. Voice and valence; 14. Clause combining; 15. Pragmatic grounding and pragmatically marked constructions.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas E. Payne, Thomas E. (University of Oregon) Payne, Payne Thomas E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.2010
• EAN: 9780521763295
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76329-5
• No. of pages: 452
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, ELT grammar, vocabulary & pronunciation