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English Grammar (3rd Ed.)
A University Course
Author: Downing Angela
Language: EnglishSubject for English Grammar:
Keywords
English Grammar; Past Tenses; Lexical Auxiliary; Angela Downing; Modal Auxiliaries; Philip Locke; Lexical Verb; Language and meaning; Main Verb; Linguistic forms; Non-finite Clauses; Syntactic functions; Passive Clause; Clause structure; Verbless Clause; Speech acts; Intransitive; Verbal Group; Intransitive Verbs; The Prepositional Phrase; Declarative Clause; Present Perfect; Tone Unit; Vg; Adverbial Group; Plural Count Nouns; Adjectival Group; Speech Time; Grammatical Auxiliaries; Nominal Relative; Past Perfect; PPs; Head Noun; Singular Count Noun
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This best-selling comprehensive descriptive grammar forms a complete course, ideal for all students studying English Language, whether on a course or for self-study. Broadly based on Hallidayan systemic-functional grammar but also drawing on cognitive linguistics and discourse analysis, English Grammar is accessible, avoiding overly theoretical or technical explanations.
Divided into 12 self-contained chapters based around language functions, each chapter is divided into units of class-length material. Key features include:
Numerous authentic texts from a wide range of sources, both spoken and written, which exemplify the grammatical description.
Clear chapter and module summaries enable efficient class preparation and student revision.
Extensive exercises with a comprehensive answer key.
This new edition has been thoroughly updated with new texts, a more user-friendly layout, more American English examples and a companion website, providing extra tasks, a glossary and a teachers? guide.
This is the essential coursebook and reference work for all native and non-native students of English grammar on English language and linguistics courses.
1.Basic Concepts 2. The Skeleton of the Message: Introduction to Clause Structure 3. The Development of the Message: Complementation of the Verb 4. Interaction between Speaker and Hearer: Linking Speech Acts and Grammar 5. Conceptualising Patterns of Experience: Processes,Participants, Circumstances 6. Organising the Message: Thematic and information structures of the clause 7. Combining Clauses into Sentences 8. Talking about Events: The verbal group 9. Viewpoints on Events: Tense, aspect and modality 10. Talking about People and Things: The nominal group 11. Describing Persons, Things and Circumstances: Adjectival and adverbial groups 12. Spatial, Temporal and other Relationships: The prepositional phrase
Angela Downing is Professor Emeritus at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. She was General Editor of Atlantis (Journal of the Spanish Association of English and American Studies) from 2006 to 2012 and has published numerous articles on grammar and discourse.