Otto Jespersen

Essentials of English Grammar

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A classic of English grammar, Essentials of English Grammar provides a common ground for the traditionalist and the structural or descriptive linguist. Jespersen's work provides insight into the fundamental concepts that underlie the linguistic approach, but at the same time the foundation of the traditional approach is retained.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Alabama Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 1964
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 135mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780817304522
• ISBN-10: 0817304525
• Artikelnr.: 21985419

Autorenporträt

Otto Jespersen

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introductory 2. Sounds 3. Evolution of the sound system 4. Evolution of
the sound system - Continued 5. Evolution of the sounds system - Concluded
6. Spelling 7. Word-classes 8. The three ranks 9. Junction and nexus 10.
Sentence structure 11. Relations of verb to subject and object 12. Passive
13. Predicatives 14. Case 15. Person 16. Definite pronouns 17. Indefinite
pronouns 18. Pronouns of totality 19. Gender 20. Number 21. Number -
concluded 22. Degree 23. Tense 24. Tense - continued 25. Will and Shall 26.
Would and should 27. Mood 28. Affirmation, negation, question 29. Dependent
nexus 30. Nexus-substantives 31. The Gerund 32. The infinitive 33. Clauses
as primaries 34. Clauses as secondaries 35. Clauses as tertiaries 36.
Retrospect