TY - BOOK AU - Huddleston,Rodney D. TI - English Grammar: An Outline SN - 0521323118 AV - PE1106 H76 1988 PY - 1988/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English language KW - 20th century KW - Grammar N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; $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 N2 - $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 ER -