Downing, Angela,

A university course in English grammar / English grammar Angela Downing and Philip Locke. - xx, 652 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Originally published: Prentice Hall International, 1992. Includes index.

Preface -- Table of symbols and notational conventions -- Introduction Acknowledgements -- Our Thanks to -- Basic concepts -- The skeleton of the message: Introduction to clause structure -- The development of the message: Complementation of the verb -- Expressing patterns of experience: Processes, participants, circumstances -- Interaction between speaker and hearer: Mood structures of the clause -- Organising the message: Thematic and information structures of the clause -- Expanding and projecting the message: The clause complex -- Talking about events: The Verbal Group -- Viewpoints on events: Tense, aspect and modality -- Talking about 'things': The Nominal Group -- Talking about Attributes: The Adjectival Group -- How, where and when: The Adverbial Group -- Spatial, temporal and other relationships -- Key of Selected Answers -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

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English language--Grammar
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.

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