TY  - BOOK
AU  - Downing,Angela
AU  - Locke,Philip
AU  - Downing,Angela
TI  - English grammar: a university course 
SN  - 0415287871
AV  - PE1112 .D68 2006
U1  - 428.24 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - English language
KW  - Grammar
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
N1  - 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 -- --; 1; Basic concepts --; 2; The skeleton of the message : introduction to clause structure --; 3; The development of message : complementation of the verb --; 4; Conceptualising patterns of experience : processes, participants, circumstances --; 5; Interaction between speaker and hearer : linking speech acts and grammar --; 6; Organising the message : thematic and information structures of the clause --; 7; Expanding the message : clause combinations --; 8; Talking about events : the verbal group --; 9; Viewpoints on events : tense, aspect and modality --; 10; Talking about people and things : the nominal group --; 11; Describing persons, things and circumstances : adjectival and adverbial groups --; 12; Spatial, temporal and other relationships : the prepositional phrase
N2  - "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
ER  -