Book contents
- An Introduction to Grammar for Language Learners
- An Introduction to Grammar for Language Learners
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- How to Use This Book
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Sentences, Clauses, and Their Verbs
- 3 Subjects
- 4 Noun Phrases; Number
- 5 Pronouns and Subject-Verb Agreement
- 6 Direct Objects; Case
- 7 Double-Object Verbs
- 8 “Linking” Verbs; Adjectives
- 9 Personal Pronoun Systems
- 10 Reflexives and Passives
- 11 Possession
- 12 Gender, Concord, and Noun Classifications
- 13 Case Systems and Adpositions: The Latin System
- 14 Tense, Aspect, and Auxiliary Verbs: The English Verb System
- 15 Tense, Aspect, and Mood: The Spanish Verb System
- 16 The Latin Verb System
- 17 The Hebrew Verb System: Aspect and Derivation
- 18 The Navajo Verb System: Aspect, Tense, Mood, and Derivation
- 19 The Mandarin Verb System: Aspect and Serial Verbs
- 20 Negation
- 21 Questions
- 22 Adjectives and Relative Clauses
- 23 Articles, Demonstratives, and Quantifiers
- 24 Subordinate Clauses, Infinitives, and Verbal Nouns
- 25 Participles
- 26 Comparative Constructions
- 27 The Segmental Sounds of Human Languages
- 28 Prosody
- 29 Writing Systems
- 30 The Lexicon
- Epilogue: “Bad Grammar”
- Answers to the Exercises
- Glossary of Technical Terms
- Languages Used as Examples in the Exercises
- References
- References
27 - The Segmental Sounds of Human Languages
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 August 2018
- An Introduction to Grammar for Language Learners
- An Introduction to Grammar for Language Learners
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- How to Use This Book
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Sentences, Clauses, and Their Verbs
- 3 Subjects
- 4 Noun Phrases; Number
- 5 Pronouns and Subject-Verb Agreement
- 6 Direct Objects; Case
- 7 Double-Object Verbs
- 8 “Linking” Verbs; Adjectives
- 9 Personal Pronoun Systems
- 10 Reflexives and Passives
- 11 Possession
- 12 Gender, Concord, and Noun Classifications
- 13 Case Systems and Adpositions: The Latin System
- 14 Tense, Aspect, and Auxiliary Verbs: The English Verb System
- 15 Tense, Aspect, and Mood: The Spanish Verb System
- 16 The Latin Verb System
- 17 The Hebrew Verb System: Aspect and Derivation
- 18 The Navajo Verb System: Aspect, Tense, Mood, and Derivation
- 19 The Mandarin Verb System: Aspect and Serial Verbs
- 20 Negation
- 21 Questions
- 22 Adjectives and Relative Clauses
- 23 Articles, Demonstratives, and Quantifiers
- 24 Subordinate Clauses, Infinitives, and Verbal Nouns
- 25 Participles
- 26 Comparative Constructions
- 27 The Segmental Sounds of Human Languages
- 28 Prosody
- 29 Writing Systems
- 30 The Lexicon
- Epilogue: “Bad Grammar”
- Answers to the Exercises
- Glossary of Technical Terms
- Languages Used as Examples in the Exercises
- References
- References
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- An Introduction to Grammar for Language Learners , pp. 177 - 186Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018