An Introduction to the Grammar of English: Revised Edition

An Introduction to the Grammar of English......Page 2
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 12
Preface to the second edition......Page 16
Abbreviations......Page 18
List of figures......Page 20
List of tables......Page 22
1.1 Sounds and words......Page 24
1.2 Syntactic structure......Page 25
2. How do we know so much?......Page 28
3. Examples of social or non-linguistic knowledge......Page 29
4. Conclusion......Page 31
Class discussion......Page 32
1. Lexical categories......Page 35
1.1 Nouns (N) and Verbs (V)......Page 36
1.2 Adjectives (Adj) and Adverbs (Adv)......Page 38
1.3 Prepositions (P)......Page 41
2.1 Determiner (D)......Page 42
2.3 Coordinator (C) and Complementizer (C)......Page 44
3. Pronouns......Page 46
4. What new words and loanwords tell us!......Page 47
5. Conclusion......Page 48
Phrases......Page 58
1. The noun phrase (NP)......Page 59
2.1 The adjective phrase (AdjP) and adverb phrase (AdvP)......Page 62
2.2 The verb phrase (VP)......Page 63
2.3 The prepositional phrase (PP)......Page 64
3. Phrases in the sentence......Page 65
4. Coordination of phrases and apposition......Page 66
5.1 Finding the phrase......Page 68
5.2 Building trees......Page 69
6. Conclusion......Page 72
Review of Chapters 1–3......Page 82
1. Subject and predicate......Page 88
2.1 Direct and indirect object......Page 91
2.2 Subject and object predicate......Page 93
3. Verbs and functions......Page 95
4. Trees for all verb types......Page 97
5. Light verbs (optional)......Page 99
6. Conclusion......Page 100
1. Adverbials......Page 109
3. Phrasal verbs......Page 113
5. Objects and adverbials......Page 116
6. Conclusion......Page 119
1. Auxiliary verbs......Page 128
2.1 Modals......Page 130
2.2 Perfect have (pf)......Page 132
2.3 Progressive be (progr)......Page 133
2.4 Passive be (pass)......Page 134
2.5 The 'dummy' do......Page 135
3. Auxiliaries, 'affix hop', and the verbgroup (VGP)......Page 136
4. Finiteness......Page 137
5. Relating the terms for verbs (Optional)......Page 139
6. Conclusion......Page 141
Review of Chapters 4–6......Page 147
Finite clauses......Page 155
1. Sentences and clauses......Page 156
2. The functions of clauses......Page 157
3. The structure of the embedded clause: The Complementizer Phrase (CP)......Page 158
4. Coordinate sentences: The Coordinator Phrase (CP)?......Page 161
5. Terminological labyrinth and conclusion......Page 162
1. Non-finite clauses......Page 172
2. The functions of non-finites......Page 174
3. The structure: CP......Page 175
4. Coordinating non-finites......Page 177
5. Conclusion......Page 178
Review of Chapters 7 and 8......Page 187
The structure of the PP, AdjP, AdvP, and NP......Page 192
1. The structure of the PP, AdjP, and AdvP and the functions inside......Page 193
2. The structure of the NP and the functions inside......Page 195
3.1 Complement and modifier follow the head N......Page 199
3.2 Complement and modifier precede the head N......Page 200
4. Conclusion......Page 202
1. Relative clauses (RC)......Page 212
2.1 Relatives......Page 213
2.2 Complement clauses......Page 214
3. NPs as compared to AdjPs, AdvPs, and PPs......Page 216
4. More on RCs......Page 217
5. The structure of modifiers and complements (optional)......Page 218
6. Conclusion......Page 221
1. Questions/interrogatives: The CP......Page 228
2. Exclamations......Page 230
3. Topicalization, passive, cleft, and pseudo-cleft......Page 231
4. Conclusion......Page 232
Review of Chapters 9 to 11......Page 237
Glossary......Page 245
References......Page 252
Index......Page 253