Howard Jackson

Grammar and Vocabulary

A Resource Book for Students

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a comprehensive introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of contemporary English covering core areas and providing classic readings by key names in the discipline.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• UK edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 175mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780415231718
• ISBN-10: 041523171X
• Artikelnr.: 21821066

Autorenporträt

Howard Jackson is Professor of English language and linguistics at the University of Central England.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements How to use this book A. Introduction: Key Concepts in
Grammar and Vocabulary: A.1 Words and sentences A.2 Word classes A.3 Word
structure A.4 Slots and fillers A.5 Sentence patterns A.6 Clause and phrase
A.7 Grammar rules A.8 Vocabularies B. Development: Further Concepts in
Grammar and Vocabulary: B.1 Types of sentence B.2 Noun and verb B.3 Making
new words B.4 Subject and Object B.5 Noun phrase and verb phrase B.6 Main
and subordinate B.7 Breaking rules B.8 'Jargon' C. Exploration: Aspects of
Investigation: C.1 Sentence types in use C.1.1 Declaratives C.1.2
Interrogatives C.1.3 Imperatives C.2 Classes of words C.2.1 Nouns and
pronouns C.2.2 Adjectives C.2.3 Adverbs and prepositions C.3 Types of word
structure C.3.1 Compounds C.3.2 Derivations C.3.3 Multi-word items C.4
Types of slot C.4.1 Object and Complement C.4.2 Object and Adverbial C.4.3
More on Subjects C.5 Components of phrases C.5.1 Modifying nouns C.5.2
Tense, aspect and modality C.5.3 Adjective phrase C.6 Types of clause C.6.1
Noun clauses C.6.2 Adjective clauses C.6.3 Adverbial clauses C.7
Grammatical rules in context C.7.1 Spoken grammar C.7.2 Creative grammar
C.7.3 Humour and ambiguity C.8 Word-choice in use C.8.1 Dialect C.8.2 Topic
C.8.3 Formality D. Extension: Readings in Grammar and Vocabulary: D.1
Linguistic Units and the Sentence (Aarts and Aarts) D.2 Grammatical Class;
The Problem of Labelling (Allerton) D.3 Lexicalization (Quirk, Greenbaum,
Leech and Svartvik) D.4 Valency Theory (Herbst) D.5 Pattern and Meaning
(Hunston and Francis) D.6 The Clause Complex (Halliday) D.7 Standard
English (Trudgill) D.8 Introduction to 20th Century Words (Ayto) Further
Reading References Glossary of terms and index