Preface
Symbole and technical conventions
One
Varieties of English
Standard English; Varieties according to subject, medium, and attitude
Two
Elements of grammar
Sentence elements; Parts of speech; Stative and dynamic; Pro-forms, question and negation
Three
The verb phrase
Regular verbs and inflectional rules; Irregular verbs; Auxiliaries; Tense and aspect; Mood
Four
Nouns, pronouns, and the basic noun phrase
Noun classes; Determiners; Reference and the articles; Number; Gender; The genitive; Pronouns
Five
Adjectives and adverbs
Adjectives, attributive and predicative; Adverbs as modifiers; Comparison and intensification; Correspondence between adjective and adverb; Adjective, adverb and other word-classes
Six
Prepositions and prepositional phrases
Place relations; Time relations; Other relations chiefly as adjunct, as disjunct, as complementation of verb and adjective
Seven
The simple sentence
Clause patterns; Elements and their meanings; Concord; Negation; Questions; Commands
Eight
Adjuncts, disjuncts, conjuncts
Limiter and additive adjuncts; Intensifiers; Adjuncts of manner, means, and instrument, of place, of time; Sytle and attitude disjuncts; Conjuncts
Nine
Coordination and apposition
Ellipsis; Coordination of clauses; Coordination of phrases; Apposition; Non-restrictive apposition; Restrictive apposition
Ten
Sentence connection
Time relaters; Logical connecters; Substitution; Discourse reference; Ellipsis in dialogue
Eleven
The complex sentence
Finite, non-finite, and verbless clauses; Subordinators and subordination; Nominal clauses; Adverbial clauses; Comparative sentences; The verb phrase in dependent clauses; Direct and indirect speech
Twelve
The verb and its complementation
Phrasal and prepositional verbs; Complementation of adjective phrase; Units as direct object; Complex transitive phrase; Units as direct object; Complex transitive complementation; Ditransitive complementation
Thirteen
The complex noun phrase
Restrictive relative clauses; Non-restrictive relative clauses; Non-finite postmodifiers; Prepositional phrase postmodification; Premodification by adjective; by genitive, by noun, Multiple premodification
Fourteen
Focus, theme, and emphasis
Information focus; Voice and reversibility, Theme and inversion; Existential sentences; Extraposition and other postponement devices; Emotive emphasis
Appendix I
Word-formation
Prefixes; Suffixes; Conversion; Compounding
Appendix II
Stress, rhythm, and intonation
Appendix III
Punctuation
Bibliography
Index
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