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academic English instruction
adverb
Adverbial Clauses
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Breakfast Nook
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Category=CFG
circumstances
clause structure
Co-ordinating Conjunction
conjunctive
Conjunctive Adverbs
discourse analysis
embedded clauses
English Grammar
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functional linguistics
Infinitive Clause
King George III
linguistic typology
Lob Corpus
Longman Concise English Dictionary
Main Proposition
Main Verb
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
Nominal Relative
noun
Oxford Concordance Program
Oxford University Computing Service
Past Tense
phrase
Plural Countable Nouns
Present Participle Clause
Relative Clause
representational meaning
role
semantic
Semantic Compatibilities
semantic interpretation in grammar
Semantic Role Labels
semantic subclasses
Separate Tone Unit
situation
Speaker's Assessment
Speaker’s Assessment
syntactic analysis
temporal
type
Water Falling
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138466807
- Weight: 730g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 11 Sep 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Grammar and Meaning is an introduction to the study of grammar of contemporary English. It provides an impressive survey of all the main areas of English grammar, from words through to sentences and texts. It introduces and explains the linguistic terms needed to talk about the ways in which language works, from simple terms like adjective to more complex terms like non-finite clause. To meet the needs of both students and scholars, Howard Jackson has produced an innovative approach to the study of English grammar. Instead of concentrating on the formal and theoretical discussion of grammar, as many introductions do, this original analysis examines the 'meanings' we want to express when we use language. Beginning with the question, "What do we talk about?", it goes on to investigate how these meanings are structured in the grammar of English. These notions are closer to our ordinary understanding of what language is doing, and therefore the forms and structures of grammar are more easily grasped. The book is extensively illustrated with examples from real English. With analytical exercises in each chapter and a comprehensive glossary of terms, the book will prove and invaluable aid to students of English language, linguistics and English as a Foreign Language, whilst also being accessible to anyone who studies English grammar as part of their course.
