Gelderen An Introduction to the Grammar of English

<strong>Revised edition</strong>
2. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-90-272-8862-2
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 254 Seiten

It has been eight years since An Introduction to the Grammar of English was first published. The second edition is completely revised and greatly expanded, especially where texts, example sentences, exercises, and cartoons are concerned. It continues to provide a very lively and clearly written textbook. The book introduces basic concepts of grammar in a format which inspires the reader to use linguistic arguments. The style of the book is engaging and examples from poetry, jokes, and puns illustrate grammatical concepts. The focus is on syntactic analysis and evidence. However, special topic sections contribute sociolinguistic and historical reasons behind prescriptive rules such as the bans on split infinitives, dangling participles, and preposition stranding. The book is written for undergraduate students and structured for a semester-long course. It provides exercises, keys to those exercises, and sample exams. It also includes a comprehensive glossary. A basic website will be kept up at http://www.public.asu.edu/~gelderen/grammar.htm.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gelderen, Elly van

Gelderen, Elly

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Preface to the second edition
Abbreviations
List of figures

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Categories
Chapter 3. Phrases
Review of Chapters 1-3
Chapter 4. Functions in the sentence
Chapter 5. More functions, of prepositions and particles
Chapter 6. The structure of the verb group (VGP) in the VP
Review of Chapters 4-6
Chapter 7. Finite clauses: Embedded and coordinated
Chapter 8. Non-finite clauses
Review of Chapters 7 and 8
Chapter 9. The structure of the PP, AdjP, AdvP, and NP
Chapter 10. Clauses as parts of NPs and AdjPs
Chapter 11. Special sentences
Review of Chapters 9 to 11
Glossary
References
Index