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English Grammar: Language as Human Behavior ,3rd edition::9781292051833

Published by Pearson (October 3, 2013) © 2014

Anita Barry
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    English Grammar: Language as Human Behavior ,3rd edition

    Language: American English

    PREFACE xiii

     

    Chapter 1 WHY STUDY ENGLISH GRAMMAR? 1

    Native Speakers and Grammar Study 1

    Standard English 2

    Judgments About English 4

    The Legacy of the Eighteenth Century 7

    Reflections 8

     

    Chapter 2

    HOW DO WE STUDY

    ENGLISH GRAMMAR? 10

    Why Do People Disagree About Grammar? 10

    Who Is the Authority? 10

    What Role Do Traditional Dictionaries Play? 10

    Online Grammar Sources 12

    Why Is There No One Standard? 13

    Why Do Languages Change? 14

    What Are the Common Elements of English? 16

    Constituent Structure 16

    Rules and Regularities 19

    Reflections 20

     

    Chapter 3
    NOUNS AND NOUN PHRASES 21

    What Are Nouns? 21

    What Are Some Common

    Subcategories of Nouns? 23

    What Makes Up a Noun Phrase? 26

    Determiners 27

    Predeterminers and Postdeterminers 29

    What Are the Functions of Noun Phrases? 30

    Subject 30

    Direct Object 32

    Indirect Object 33

    Object of a Preposition 35

    Complement 35

    Verbal Nouns and Noun Phrases 36

    Compounds 38

    Reflections 40

    Practice Exercises 42

     

    Chapter 4
    VERBS AND VERB PHRASES 46

    What Are Verbs? 46

    What About the Exceptions? 50

    What Are Some Common

    Subcategories of Verbs? 53

    What Is Verb Tense? 57

    What Makes Up a Verb Phrase? 63

    What Are Nonfinite Verb Phrases? 66

    Compounds 66

    What Is SubjectVerb Agreement? 67

    Reflections 72

    Practice Exercises 76

     

    Chapter 5 PRONOUNS 80

    What Are Pronouns? 80

    Personal Pronouns 81

    Reflexive Pronouns 88

    Reciprocal Pronouns 91

    Demonstrative Pronouns 91

    Relative Pronouns 92

    Interrogative Pronouns 94

    Universal and Indefinite Pronouns 95

    Reflections 97

    Practice Exercises 99

     

    Chapter 6
    ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS 1

    03What Are Adjectives? 103

    How Do Adjectives Modify Nouns? 106

    What Are Adjective Phrases? 108

    What Are Adverbs? 109

    Is All Well and Good? 112

    What Are Adverb Phrases? 115

    Reflections 116

    Practice Exercises 117

     

    Chapter 7
    PREPOSITIONS AND PARTICLES 120

    What Are Prepositions? 120

    What Are Prepositional Phrases? 121

    What Are Particles? 125

    Reflections 127

    Practice Exercises 128

     

    Chapter 8
    NEGATION 131

    What Is Negation in Grammar? 131

    Verb Negation 131

    Negation of Indefinites 133

    Noun Negation 135

    Adjective and Adverb Negation 136

    Negation of Compounds 137

    Reflections 139

    Practice Exercises 140

     

    Chapter 9
    VOICE 144

    What Is Grammatical Voice? 144

    How Is the Passive Voice Formed? 146

    How Are Grammatical Relations

    Determined in the Passive Voice? 147

    Why Do We Need the Passive Voice? 149

    What Is a Truncated Passive? 150

    Reflections 152

    Practice Exercises 153

     

    Chapter 10
    DISCOURSE FUNCTION 156

    What Is Discourse Function? 156

    Declaratives 157

    Interrogatives 158

    YesNo Questions 158

    Wh Questions 160

    Tag Questions 164

    Minor Question Types 167

    Imperatives 169

    Exclamatives 170

    Crossover Functions of Clause Types 171

    Reflections 174

    Practice Exercises 175

     

    Chapter 11
    COMBINING CLAUSES INTO

    SENTENCES: COORDINATION 179

    How Is a Sentence Different from a Clause? 179

    Sentence Building Through Coordination 179

    Clause Coordination and Ellipsis 183

    Reflections 185

    Practic