Huddleston, Rodney D. <br/><br/>
English Grammar :  An Outline / 
Rodney Huddleston 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  1988 
 - xii, 212 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>$a 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. 
<br/><br/> $a 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521323118 0521311527 pbk 0521586992 (Lowprice ed) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Grammar--20th century
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1106  / H76 1988