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'Every student of English should get a copy of this grammar.' Aberdeen Press and Journal 'All readers will find in the work a masterly exposition of the combination of life and logic in the grammar of a living tongue.' - Schoolmaster 'A mine of suggestion.' - John O'London's Weekly 'Far more logical and far more elastic than the traditional methods...He writes with the ease of perfect mastery.' - Teacher's World This classic text presents the chief facts of English grammar, giving a real insight into the structure of the language in the light of modern linguistic science. Grammatical rules are laid out in clear, concise terms and carefully selected examples illustrate the rules. Much stress is laid on word order and other important things which are generally neglected in works of this kind; forms and their uses are treated together, and an endeavour is made throughout to get away from the trammels of Latin Grammar. Historical explanations are kept in the background except in the chapters on the evolution of the sound system, where they are necessary to understand the difference between breath and breathe, the sounds of food, good and blood, etc.

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Author:   Otto Jespersen
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780415104401

ISBN 10:   0415104408
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   31 December 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTORY II. SOUNDS III. EVOLUTION OF THE SOUND-SYSTEM IV. EVOLUTION OF THE SOUND-SYSTEM V. EVOLUTION OF THE SOUND-SYSTEM VI. SPELLING VII. WORD-CLASSES VIII. THE THREE RANKS IX. JUNCTION AND NEXUS X. SENTENCE-STRUCTURE XI. RELATIONS OF VERB TO SUBJECT AND OBJECT XII. PASSIVE XIII. PREDICATIVES XIV. CASE XV. PERSON XVI. DEFINITE PRONOUNS XVII. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS XVIII. PRONOUNS OF TOTALITY XIX. GENDER XX. NUMBER XXI. NUMBER XXII. DEGREE XXIII. TENSE XXIV. TENSE XXV. WILL AND SHALL XXVI. WOULD AND SHOULD XXVII. MOOD XXVIII. AFFIRMATION, NEGATION, QUESTION XXIX. DEPENDENT NEXUS XXX. NEXUS-SUBSTANTIVES XXXI. THE GERUND XXXII. THE INFINITIVE XXXIII. CLAUSES AS PRIMARIES XXXIV. CLAUSES AS SECONDARIES XXXV. CLAUSES AS TERTIARIES XXXVI. RETROSPECT

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