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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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
References
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
References