A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles: Volume 2, Syntax (first volume)

by Jespersen,Otto

• ISBN13: 9780415402507
• ISBN10: 0415402506
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book was first published in 1954.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviation and List of Books	p. xv
Introductory	p. 1
Syntax
The Three Ranks
Parts of Speech
Verba. Verbids
Predicatives
Objects
Pronouns
Word Groups. Clauses. Phrases
Number	p. 16
Two Numbers
Forms
Plural of Compounds
Foreign Plurals
Number in Adjectives
You
The Unchanged Plural	p. 49
General
Animals
Birds
Fishes
Words indicating number
Measures of time, of length, of weight, of money
Other Unchanged Plurals
Kind, etc.
Cases of Doubtful Number
The Meaning of Singular and Plural	p. 70
Preliminary Survey
The Normal Plural
Characteristics of Several Individuals
Plurals of Proper Names
Plural of Approximation
The Differentiated Plural
Composite Objects
Collectives
Meaning of Number. Continued	p. 108
Unification of Plurals
Mass-Words
Individualization and Concretion
The Generic Singular and Plural
Common Number
Numerical Metanalysis
Number in Secondary Words	p. 163
Adjuncts
Predicatives
Concord of the Verb
Attraction
There is
Plural of Verbal Idea
Number. Appendix	p. 185
Number in First-Words of Compounds
Two Penny-Worth, etc.
Number in Genitival First-Words
Number in Derivatives
Words with Numerical Relations
Words Referring to Two
Words Referring to a Definite Number
Substantives	p. 211
Introductory
Quotation Words
Adjectives Substantivized
Pronouns Substantivized
Adverbs Substantivized
Type Pick-pocket
Type Afternoon
Phrases
Abbreviations
Substantivized Adjectives	p. 231
Old Examples
Denoting Persons
Comparatives and Superlatives
Genitive
Neuters
Superlatives, Ordinals, Participles
Genitive of Neuters
The Prop-Word One	p. 245
The Beginnings
The Numeral
The Real Prop-Word, Indefinite
Definite
Recent Developments, the one, a one
That one, etc.
'un
Importance of the Construction
Restrictions
Adjectives as Principals	p. 272
Modern Restrictions
Words going in pairs
Singular
Plural
Half-pronominal Adjectives
Relations between Adjunct and Principal	p. 283
Survey. Direct Adjuncts
Shifted Subjunct- Adjuncts
Partial Adjuncts
Compositional Adjuncts
Other Indirect Adjuncts
Substantives as Adjuncts	p. 310
The Problem
Formal Characteristics
Co-ordination
Use of One
Use of Adverbs
Isolatien
Adjectival Endings
Conclusion
Adjuncts. Continued	p. 330
Adjunct and Predicative
Adjectival Groups
Participial Groups
Infinitive Fre-Adjuncts
Other Group-Adjuncts
Preposition with Object
Verb with Object, etc.
Quotation Adjuncts
Adverbs used as Adjuncts
Adjuncts. Concluded	p. 360
Two Adjuncts
Adjective-Subjuncts
New-born, newly born; Moderate(ly) sized
Post-Adjuncts
Semi-Predicative Post- Adjuncts
Infinitive Post-Adjuncts
Rank of the Pronouns	p. 398
Personal
Possessive
Demonstrative
Interrogative and Relative
Other Pronouns. None
No = nan
No = na
Rank of the Pronouns. Concluded	p. 439
Some and Any
Compounds with body and one
Something, etc.
Somewhat, Somedeal, Aught
All
Either, Both, Every, Each
Other
Index	p. 463
Appendix	p. 485
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