English grammar : a university course /
Downing, Angela,
English grammar : a university course / Angela Downing and Philip Locke. - Second edition. - xxii, 610 pages ; 25 cm
Previous ed.: published as A university course in English grammar. 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic concepts -- The skeleton of the message: introduction to clause structure -- The development of the message: complementation of the verb -- Conceptualising patterns of experience: processes, participants, circumstances -- Interaction between speaker and hearer: linking speech acts and grammar -- Organising the message: thematic and information structures of the clause -- Expanding the message: clause combinations -- Talking about events: the verbal group - Viewpoints on events: tense, aspect and modality -- Talking about people and things: the nominal group -- describing persons, things and circumstances: adjectival and adverbial groups -- Spatial, temporal and other relationships: the prepositional phrase -- -- Basic concepts -- The skeleton of the message : introduction to clause structure -- The development of message : complementation of the verb -- Conceptualising patterns of experience : processes, participants, circumstances -- Interaction between speaker and hearer : linking speech acts and grammar -- Organising the message : thematic and information structures of the clause -- Expanding the message : clause combinations -- Talking about events : the verbal group -- Viewpoints on events : tense, aspect and modality -- Talking about people and things : the nominal group -- Describing persons, things and circumstances : adjectival and adverbial groups -- Spatial, temporal and other relationships : the prepositional phrase. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
"This up-to-date, descriptive grammar is a complete course for first degree and post-graduate students of English, and is particularly suitable for those whose native language is not English."--BOOK JACKET.
0415287871 9780415287876 0415287863 9780415287869
English language--Grammar
English language--Grammar--Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
PE1112 / .D68 2006
428.24 425
English grammar : a university course / Angela Downing and Philip Locke. - Second edition. - xxii, 610 pages ; 25 cm
Previous ed.: published as A university course in English grammar. 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic concepts -- The skeleton of the message: introduction to clause structure -- The development of the message: complementation of the verb -- Conceptualising patterns of experience: processes, participants, circumstances -- Interaction between speaker and hearer: linking speech acts and grammar -- Organising the message: thematic and information structures of the clause -- Expanding the message: clause combinations -- Talking about events: the verbal group - Viewpoints on events: tense, aspect and modality -- Talking about people and things: the nominal group -- describing persons, things and circumstances: adjectival and adverbial groups -- Spatial, temporal and other relationships: the prepositional phrase -- -- Basic concepts -- The skeleton of the message : introduction to clause structure -- The development of message : complementation of the verb -- Conceptualising patterns of experience : processes, participants, circumstances -- Interaction between speaker and hearer : linking speech acts and grammar -- Organising the message : thematic and information structures of the clause -- Expanding the message : clause combinations -- Talking about events : the verbal group -- Viewpoints on events : tense, aspect and modality -- Talking about people and things : the nominal group -- Describing persons, things and circumstances : adjectival and adverbial groups -- Spatial, temporal and other relationships : the prepositional phrase. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
"This up-to-date, descriptive grammar is a complete course for first degree and post-graduate students of English, and is particularly suitable for those whose native language is not English."--BOOK JACKET.
0415287871 9780415287876 0415287863 9780415287869
English language--Grammar
English language--Grammar--Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
PE1112 / .D68 2006
428.24 425