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Oxford Modern English Grammar

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ISBN-10: 0199533199

ISBN-13: 9780199533190

Edition: 2011

Authors: Bas Aarts

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/22/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

BAS AARTS is Professor of English Linguistics and Director of the Survey of English Usage at University College London, UK. He has published widely in the field and is one of the founding editors of the journal English Language and Linguistics .

The basics
An overview of English grammar
Form and function
Word structure and word formation
Word classes and simple phrases
Grammatical functions, semantic roles, and tree diagrams
Phrase and clause patterns
Complex phrases and coordination
Clause types and negation
Finite subordinate clauses
Non-finite and verbless subordinate clauses
Grammar and meaning
Tense and aspect
Mood
Information structuring
English irregular verbs
The structure of the ICE-GB corpus
Notes and further reading
References
Index
The basics
A bird's eye veiw of grammar
Word structure
Word classes and simple phrases
Grammatical functions and semantic roles
Phrase and clause patterns
The form-function interface
Complex Phrases
Clause types
Grammar and meaning
Subordinate clauses
Time and tense
Aspectuality and aspect
Modality and mood
Information structuring
Suffixes
Prefixes
Irregular verbs
Phrasal verbs
Prepositional verbs
Further reading
Bibliography