English syntax : a grammar for English language professionals /
Jacobs, Roderick A.,
English syntax : a grammar for English language professionals / Roderick A. Jacobs. - xiii, 378 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Some basic notions -- Grammar and types of grammars -- Propositional content -- Thematic roles and levels of structure -- Some properties of sentence structure -- Part II: Clauses in English -- Clause structures -- Dependent clauses -- Finite and nonfinite clauses -- Part III: The noun phrase -- The structure of noun phrases -- Types of nouns -- Pronomials and reference -- Empty noun phrases and anaphors -- Noun phrases and case -- Part IV: Organizing the information -- Information structure -- Passive voice -- Information status and syntactic structure -- Part V: Inside the predicate phrase -- Understanding tense -- Understanding aspect -- Modals -- Modal meaning and use -- Prepositions, particles, and multiword verbs -- Part VI: Interrogatives and negatives -- Operators, interrogatives, and negatives -- Interrogative and wh movement -- Part VII: Complex sentences -- Embedded clauses and noun phrase movement -- Predicates and clause arguments -- Relative clauses -- Answer key -- Glossary.
0194342778 9780194342773
93025121
English language--Syntax--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
English language--Grammar--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
PE1365 / .J33 1995
428.2 425
English syntax : a grammar for English language professionals / Roderick A. Jacobs. - xiii, 378 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Some basic notions -- Grammar and types of grammars -- Propositional content -- Thematic roles and levels of structure -- Some properties of sentence structure -- Part II: Clauses in English -- Clause structures -- Dependent clauses -- Finite and nonfinite clauses -- Part III: The noun phrase -- The structure of noun phrases -- Types of nouns -- Pronomials and reference -- Empty noun phrases and anaphors -- Noun phrases and case -- Part IV: Organizing the information -- Information structure -- Passive voice -- Information status and syntactic structure -- Part V: Inside the predicate phrase -- Understanding tense -- Understanding aspect -- Modals -- Modal meaning and use -- Prepositions, particles, and multiword verbs -- Part VI: Interrogatives and negatives -- Operators, interrogatives, and negatives -- Interrogative and wh movement -- Part VII: Complex sentences -- Embedded clauses and noun phrase movement -- Predicates and clause arguments -- Relative clauses -- Answer key -- Glossary.
0194342778 9780194342773
93025121
English language--Syntax--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
English language--Grammar--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
PE1365 / .J33 1995
428.2 425