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.