A New Form-Function Grammar of English

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-55481-506-7
Verlag: Broadview Press

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 229 mm

This book approaches the structure of English from a form-function perspective that is both theoretical and practical. It asks learners to consider meaning, structure and use, in contrast to many grammars that focus on structure, sometimes to the exclusion of use and even meaning. The book presents an extended introduction to areas of grammar that many would see as indispensable, such as participial and infinitive phrases. The analysis is largely achieved through form-function tree diagramming and extends the structure to include finite and nonfinite predicates.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction
- Chapter One: Doing Grammar in Modern Times
- Chapter Two: Parts of Speech: An Introduction to Word Classes
- Chapter Three: Units of Grammatical Analysis
- Chapter Four: The Basic Sentence
- Chapter Five: Nouns and Pronouns
- Chapter Six: Functions of the Noun Phrase
- Chapter Seven: Functions of Prepositional Phrases
- Chapter Eight: The Inflection Phrase
- Chapter Nine: The Subjunctive Mood and Modal Verbs
- Chapter Ten: Negation
- Chapter Eleven: Active and Passive Voice
- Chapter Twelve: Question Formation
- Chapter Thirteen: Coordination and Compound Sentences
- Chapter Fourteen: Adverb Clauses
- Chapter Fifteen: Relative Clauses
- Chapter Sixteen: Noun Clauses
- Chapter Seventeen: Infinitive and Participle Phrases
- Chapter Eighteen: Grammar Myths

Über Autor(innen)

K. Aaron Smith is Professor of English at Illinois State University and the author, with Susan Kim, of This Language, a River: A History of English.