A Student's Introduction to English Grammar

by Rodney Huddleston , Geoffrey K. Pullum

• ISBN13: 9780521612883
• ISBN10: 0521612888
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-14
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This groundbreaking undergraduate textbook on modern Standard English grammar is the first to be based on the revolutionary advances of the authors' previous work, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (2002). The text is intended for students in colleges or universities who have little or no previous background in grammar, and presupposes no linguistics. It contains exercises, and will provide a basis for introductions to grammar and courses on the structure of English, not only in linguistics departments but also in English language and literature departments and schools of education.

Table of Contents

Notational conventions	vi
Preface	vii
Introduction	1	(10)
A rapid overview	11	(18)
Verbs, tense, aspect, and mood	29	(34)
Clause structure, complements, and adjuncts	63	(19)
Nouns and noun phrases	82	(30)
Adjectives and adverbs	112	(15)
Prepositions and preposition phrases	127	(22)
Negation and related phenomena	149	(10)
Clause type: asking, exclaiming, and directing	159	(15)
Subordination and content clauses	174	(9)
Relative clauses	183	(12)
Grade and comparison	195	(9)
Non-finite clauses and clauses without verbs	204	(21)
Coordination and more	225	(13)
Information packaging in the clause	238	(26)
Morphology: words and lexemes	264	(27)
Further reading	291	(4)
Glossary	295	(14)
Index	309