English grammar : an outline /
Huddleston, Rodney D.
English grammar : an outline / Rodney Huddleston - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1988 - xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Preliminaries; the parts of speech - a preliminary outline; verbs; the structure of kernel clauses; tense, aspect and modality; nouns and noun phrases; adjectives, determinatives and numerals; adverbs and prepositions; clause type; negation; the subordination of clauses; thematic systems of the clause; coordination.
This elementary textbook provides a step-by-step account of the most important and central English constructions and categories for students needing a short overview of the structure of English. It explains major grammatical categories at both a language-particular level and a general level.
0521323118 0521311527 pbk 0521586992 (Lowprice ed)
English language--Grammar--20th century
PE1106 / .H76 1988
English grammar : an outline / Rodney Huddleston - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1988 - xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Preliminaries; the parts of speech - a preliminary outline; verbs; the structure of kernel clauses; tense, aspect and modality; nouns and noun phrases; adjectives, determinatives and numerals; adverbs and prepositions; clause type; negation; the subordination of clauses; thematic systems of the clause; coordination.
This elementary textbook provides a step-by-step account of the most important and central English constructions and categories for students needing a short overview of the structure of English. It explains major grammatical categories at both a language-particular level and a general level.
0521323118 0521311527 pbk 0521586992 (Lowprice ed)
English language--Grammar--20th century
PE1106 / .H76 1988