Author:
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110199882
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
The Grammar of the English Tense System forms the first volume of a four-volume set, The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase. The other volumes, to appear over the next few years, will deal with mood and modality, aspect and voice. The book aims to provide a grammar of tense which can be used both as an advanced reference grammar (for example by MA-level or postgraduate students of English or linguistics) and as a scientific study which can act as a basis for and stimulus to further research. It provides not only a wealth of data but also a unique framework for the study of the English tense system, which achieves great predictive and explanatory power on the basis of a limited number of relatively simple rules. The framework provided allows for an analysis of the semantics of individual tenses which reflects the role of tenses not only in locating situations in time relative to speech time but also in relating situations in time relative to one another to form temporally coherent discourse. Attention is paid to the relations between tenses. On the one hand, we can identify sets of tenses linked to particular temporal areas such as the past or the future. These sets of tenses provide for the expression of a system of temporal relations in a stretch of discourse in which all the situations are located within the same temporal area. On the other hand, there are many contexts in which speakers might in theory choose between two or more tenses to locate a situation (e.g., when we choose between the past tense and the present perfect to locate a situation before speech time), and the book examines the difference that a choice of one or the other tense may make within a discourse context. The book moves from a detailed exploration of the meaning and use of individual tenses to a thorough analysis of the way in which tenses can be seen to function together as sets, and finally to a detailed examination of tenses in, and tenses interacting with, temporal adverbials. Original data is used frequently throughout the book to illustrate the theory discussed.
The Grammar of the English Tense System
Author:
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110199882
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
The Grammar of the English Tense System forms the first volume of a four-volume set, The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase. The other volumes, to appear over the next few years, will deal with mood and modality, aspect and voice. The book aims to provide a grammar of tense which can be used both as an advanced reference grammar (for example by MA-level or postgraduate students of English or linguistics) and as a scientific study which can act as a basis for and stimulus to further research. It provides not only a wealth of data but also a unique framework for the study of the English tense system, which achieves great predictive and explanatory power on the basis of a limited number of relatively simple rules. The framework provided allows for an analysis of the semantics of individual tenses which reflects the role of tenses not only in locating situations in time relative to speech time but also in relating situations in time relative to one another to form temporally coherent discourse. Attention is paid to the relations between tenses. On the one hand, we can identify sets of tenses linked to particular temporal areas such as the past or the future. These sets of tenses provide for the expression of a system of temporal relations in a stretch of discourse in which all the situations are located within the same temporal area. On the other hand, there are many contexts in which speakers might in theory choose between two or more tenses to locate a situation (e.g., when we choose between the past tense and the present perfect to locate a situation before speech time), and the book examines the difference that a choice of one or the other tense may make within a discourse context. The book moves from a detailed exploration of the meaning and use of individual tenses to a thorough analysis of the way in which tenses can be seen to function together as sets, and finally to a detailed examination of tenses in, and tenses interacting with, temporal adverbials. Original data is used frequently throughout the book to illustrate the theory discussed.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110199882
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
The Grammar of the English Tense System forms the first volume of a four-volume set, The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase. The other volumes, to appear over the next few years, will deal with mood and modality, aspect and voice. The book aims to provide a grammar of tense which can be used both as an advanced reference grammar (for example by MA-level or postgraduate students of English or linguistics) and as a scientific study which can act as a basis for and stimulus to further research. It provides not only a wealth of data but also a unique framework for the study of the English tense system, which achieves great predictive and explanatory power on the basis of a limited number of relatively simple rules. The framework provided allows for an analysis of the semantics of individual tenses which reflects the role of tenses not only in locating situations in time relative to speech time but also in relating situations in time relative to one another to form temporally coherent discourse. Attention is paid to the relations between tenses. On the one hand, we can identify sets of tenses linked to particular temporal areas such as the past or the future. These sets of tenses provide for the expression of a system of temporal relations in a stretch of discourse in which all the situations are located within the same temporal area. On the other hand, there are many contexts in which speakers might in theory choose between two or more tenses to locate a situation (e.g., when we choose between the past tense and the present perfect to locate a situation before speech time), and the book examines the difference that a choice of one or the other tense may make within a discourse context. The book moves from a detailed exploration of the meaning and use of individual tenses to a thorough analysis of the way in which tenses can be seen to function together as sets, and finally to a detailed examination of tenses in, and tenses interacting with, temporal adverbials. Original data is used frequently throughout the book to illustrate the theory discussed.
Systems in English Grammar
Author: Peter Master
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542367868
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
This text introduces future teachers of English to the major elements of English grammar in a systematic fashion using step-by-step procedures, charts and diagrams, numerous exercises, and a unique problem-solving approach that prepares the teacher to present grammar to students with confidence and clarity.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542367868
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
This text introduces future teachers of English to the major elements of English grammar in a systematic fashion using step-by-step procedures, charts and diagrams, numerous exercises, and a unique problem-solving approach that prepares the teacher to present grammar to students with confidence and clarity.
A New System of English Grammar, etc
Author: William ANGUS (A. M., of Glasgow.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
A New System of English Grammar; or English so illustrated as to facilitate the acquisition of other languages ... With an appendix, etc
Author: R. S. SKILLERN
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
A New System of English Grammar ...
Author: William Greatheed Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
A New System of English Grammar
Author: Sidney S. Caldwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Elements of English Grammar
Author: John Dalton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The Language System of English
Author: Vulf Plotkin
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 1581129939
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
A description of the English language as a dynamic system in the evolutionary process of radical typological restructuring, which has deeply affected its constituent subsystems - grammatical, lexical and phonic.
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 1581129939
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
A description of the English language as a dynamic system in the evolutionary process of radical typological restructuring, which has deeply affected its constituent subsystems - grammatical, lexical and phonic.
A New System of English Grammar; or English so illustrated as to facilitate the acquisition of other languages ... With an appendix, etc
Author: R. S. SKILLERN
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A New System of English Grammar
Author: Sidney S. Caldwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description