Navigating English Grammar

Navigating English Grammar

A Guide to Analyzing Real Language

Lobeck, Anne; Denham, Kristin

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

11/2024

288

Mole

Inglês

9781119944430

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Dedication



Preface



Acknowledgements



Chapter 1

Introduction?

What is English? Language Change and Variation?

What is Grammar?

Prescriptive Grammar

Descriptive Grammar?

The Components of Grammar?

Syntax?

Morphology?

Semantics?

Phonetics and phonology?

Summary

Exercises?



Chapter 2

Introduction?

Semantic Distinctions among Nouns?

?Abstract and concrete?

?Common and proper?

?Count and mass??

Collective nouns?

?Generic nouns?

Noun Morphology?

?Inflectional affixation?

Plurals

Possessives

?Derivational affixation?

?Other ways we form nouns?

Summary?

Exercises?



Chapter 3

Introduction?

Categories that Precede Nouns?

?Determiners?

Noun Phrases without Determiners

?Numerals?

?Quantifiers?

?Order of D, NUM, and Q?

Partitive, Measure, and Collective Noun Phrases?

Possessive Noun Phrases?

?NP or N: pronoun substitution?

Modifiers of Nouns?

?Adjectives that modify nouns?

?Nouns that modify nouns?

?Verbs that modify nouns?

Summary?

Exercises?


Chapter 4

Introduction?

Main Verbs?

Main Verb Morphology?

?Derivational affixation and other ways we form verbs?

?Inflectional affixation?

Infinitives

Present Tense

Past Tense

What about Future Tense?

Present and Past Participles

?Suppletion?

Summary?

Exercises?



Chapter 5

Introduction?

Auxiliary Verbs?

?Auxiliary have

Auxiliary be?

?Main Verb have and be

Modals?

Semi-modals

Verb strings with auxiliaries and modals?

Aspect?

?Progressive aspect?

?Perfect aspect?

Habitual aspect?

Passive Voice and the Passive Verb String?

Summary?

Exercises?



Chapter 6

Introduction?

The Independent Clause

The Subject Position

? Subjects of passive sentences?

? Pleonastic subjects?

The Complement Position

Direct Objects

Other complements

The Tense Position

Subject-Auxiliary Inversion?

Tag question formation

Negation

Diagramming Verb Strings

Do insertion

Main Verb be Raising

Summary?

Exercises?



Chapter 7

Introduction?

Adjective Semantics?

Adjective Morphology?

?Derivational affixation and other ways we form adjectives?

?Participial adjectives?

?Inflectional affixation: comparative and superlative adjectives?

Adjective Syntax?

?Modifiers of adjectives?

?Adjective Phrase positions

? Adjective phrases as prenominal and postnominal modifiers

Adjective phrases as subjective complements?

Summary?

Exercises?



Chapter 8

Introduction

Adverb Semantics

Adverb Morphology

Derivational affixation and other ways we form adverbs

Inflectional affixation

Adverb Syntax

Modifiers of adverbs

Adverb phrase positions

Adverb phrase as modifiers in AP, PP, and NP

Adverb phrases as complements

More on Modifiers

Summary

Exercises



Chapter 9

Introduction

Preposition Semantics

Preposition Morphology

Preposition Syntax

Complements of prepositions

Prepositional phrases as complements and modifiers

Particles

Particle Semantics

Particles Syntax

Summary

Exercises



Chapter 10

Introduction

Coordination

Subordination

Clauses and sentences

Subordinate Clause Types

Tensed clause complements

Bare infinitival clause complements

To-infinitive clause complements

Participial clause complements

Wh-clause complements

Summary

Exercises



Chapter 11

Introduction

Clauses that Modify Nouns: Relative Clauses

Restrictive Relative Clauses

Tensed, reduced, and infinitival relative clauses

Nonrestrictive relative clauses

Headless relative clauses

Appositive NPs

Movable Modifiers

Movable AdvP modifiers

Movable PP modifiers

Movable NP modifiers

Movable AP modifiers

Movable VP modifiers

Movable CL modifiers

Summary

Exercises



Chapter 12

Introduction?

Syntactic Categories

Complementation

Complements of Verbs

Complements of Adjectives

Complements of Prepositions

Complements of Nouns

Modification

Modifiers of Nouns

Modifiers of Adjectives

Modifiers of Adverbs

Modifiers of Prepositions

Modifiers of Verbs

Modifiers of Clauses: Movable Modifiers

Subordination

Coordination

Summary

Practice and Review



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