Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Symbols and notational convention
- 1 Preliminaries
- 2 The parts of speech: a preliminary outline
- 3 Verbs
- 4 The structure of kernel clauses
- 5 Tense, aspect and modality
- 6 Nouns and noun phrases
- 7 Adjectives, determinatives and numerals
- 8 Adverbs and prepositions
- 9 Clause type
- 10 Negation
- 11 The subordination of clauses
- 12 Thematic systems of the clause
- 13 Coordination
- Further reading
- Index
2 - The parts of speech: a preliminary outline
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Symbols and notational convention
- 1 Preliminaries
- 2 The parts of speech: a preliminary outline
- 3 Verbs
- 4 The structure of kernel clauses
- 5 Tense, aspect and modality
- 6 Nouns and noun phrases
- 7 Adjectives, determinatives and numerals
- 8 Adverbs and prepositions
- 9 Clause type
- 10 Negation
- 11 The subordination of clauses
- 12 Thematic systems of the clause
- 13 Coordination
- Further reading
- Index
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- English GrammarAn Outline, pp. 22 - 36Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1988