An introduction to the grammar of English / Elly van Gelderen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gelderen, Elly van.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar.

English language.

English language--Grammar, Historical.

English language--Social aspects.

English language--Syntax.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It has been eight years since An Introduction to the Grammar of English was first published. The second edition is completely revised and greatly expanded, especially where texts, example sentences, exercises, and cartoons are concerned. It continues to provide a very lively and clearly written textbook. The book introduces basic concepts of grammar in a format which inspires the reader to use linguistic arguments. The style of the book is engaging and examples from poetry, jokes, and puns illustrate grammatical concepts. The focus is on syntactic analysis and evidence. However, special topic sections contribute sociolinguistic and historical reasons behind prescriptive rules such as the bans on split infinitives, dangling participles, and preposition stranding. The book is written for undergraduate students and structured for a semester-long course. It provides exercises, keys to those exercises, and sample exams. It also includes a comprehensive glossary. A basic website will be kept up at http://www.public.asu.edu/~gelderen/grammar.htm.

Contents:

An Introduction to the Grammar of English

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Foreword

Preface to the second edition

Abbreviations

List of figures

List of tables

Introduction

1. Examples of linguistic knowledge

1.1 Sounds and words

1.2 Syntactic structure

2. How do we know so much?

3. Examples of social or non-linguistic knowledge

4. Conclusion

Exercises

Class discussion

Categories

1. Lexical categories

1.1 Nouns (N) and Verbs (V)

1.2 Adjectives (Adj) and Adverbs (Adv)

1.3 Prepositions (P)

2. Grammatical categories

2.1 Determiner (D)

2.2 Auxiliary (AUX)

2.3 Coordinator (C) and Complementizer (C)

3. Pronouns

4. What new words and loanwords tell us!

5. Conclusion

Phrases

1. The noun phrase (NP)

2. The adjective phrase, adverb phrase, verb phrase, and prepositional phrase

2.1 The adjective phrase (AdjP) and adverb phrase (AdvP)

2.2 The verb phrase (VP)

2.3 The prepositional phrase (PP)

3. Phrases in the sentence

4. Coordination of phrases and apposition

5. Finding phrases and building trees

5.1 Finding the phrase

5.2 Building trees

6. Conclusion

Review of Chapters 1-3

Functions in the sentence

1. Subject and predicate

2. Complements

2.1 Direct and indirect object

2.2 Subject and object predicate

3. Verbs and functions

4. Trees for all verb types

5. Light verbs (optional)

More functions, of prepositions and particles

1. Adverbials

2. Prepositional verbs

3. Phrasal verbs

4. Phrasal prepositional verbs (optional)

5. Objects and adverbials

The structure of the verb group (VGP) in the VP

1. Auxiliary verbs

2. The five types of auxiliaries in English

2.1 Modals

2.2 Perfect have (pf)

2.3 Progressive be (progr)

2.4 Passive be (pass).

2.5 The 'dummy' do

3. Auxiliaries, 'affix hop', and the verbgroup (VGP)

4. Finiteness

5. Relating the terms for verbs (Optional)

Review of Chapters 4-6

Finite clauses

1. Sentences and clauses

2. The functions of clauses

3. The structure of the embedded clause: The Complementizer Phrase (CP)

4. Coordinate sentences: The Coordinator Phrase (CP)?

5. Terminological labyrinth and conclusion

Non-finite clauses

1. Non-finite clauses

2. The functions of non-finites

3. The structure: CP

4. Coordinating non-finites

Review of Chapters 7 and 8

The structure of the PP, AdjP, AdvP, and NP

1. The structure of the PP, AdjP, and AdvP and the functions inside

2. The structure of the NP and the functions inside

3. Arguments for distinguishing complements from modifiers (Optional)

3.1 Complement and modifier follow the head N

3.2 Complement and modifier precede the head N

Clauses as parts of NPs and AdjPs

1. Relative clauses (RC)

2. Inside the NP: Relative and complement clauses

2.1 Relatives

2.2 Complement clauses

3. NPs as compared to AdjPs, AdvPs, and PPs

4. More on RCs

5. The structure of modifiers and complements (optional)

Special sentences

1. Questions/interrogatives: The CP

2. Exclamations

3. Topicalization, passive, cleft, and pseudo-cleft

Review of Chapters 9 to 11

Glossary

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612444821

9781282444829

1282444824

9789027288622

9027288623

OCLC:

712986718