| Description |
1 online resource (456 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Symbols; Part One: A guide to the use of this book; Introduction; The way this book is organized; Varieties of English; Grammar in spoken and written English; Intonation; A note on phonetic symbols; Geographical and national varieties; Levels of usage: formal and informal English; Part Two: Grammar in use; Section A Concepts; Referring to objects, substances and materials; Concrete and abstract; Amount or quantity; Definite and indefinite meaning; Relations between ideas expressed by nouns |
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Restrictive and non-restrictive meaningTime, tense and aspect; Present time; Past time; The progressive aspect; Future time; Summary; Time-when; Duration; Frequency; Place, direction and distance; Manner, means and instrument; Cause, reason and purpose; Condition and contrast; Degree; Role, standard and point of view; Comparison; Addition, exception and restriction; Subject matter: about and on; Section B Information, reality and belief; Statements, questions and responses; Omission of information; Reported statements and questions; Denial and affirmation; Agreement and disagreement |
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Fact, hypothesis and neutralityDegrees of likelihood; Attitudes to truth; Section C Mood, emotion and attitude; Emotive emphasis in speech; Describing emotions; Volition; Permission and obligation; Influencing people; Friendly communications; Vocatives; Section D Meanings in connected discourse; Linking signals; Linking clauses and sentences; 'General purpose' links; Cross-reference and omission; Presenting and focusing information; Order and emphasis; Part Three: A-Z in English grammar; Adjective patterns; Adjectives; Adjective or adverb?; Adjectives as heads; Adverbials; Adverbs; Apposition |
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ArticlesAuxiliary verbs; Clauses; Cleft sentences; Commands; Comment clauses; Comparison; Complements; Concord; Coordination; Demonstratives; Determiners; Exclamations; Gender; Genitive; Interrogatives; Introductory it; Introductory there; Irregular verbs; Main verbs; Nationality words; Negation; Nominal clauses; Noun phrases; Number; Numerals; Objects; Operators; Passives; Personal and reflexive pronouns; Phrasal and prepositional verbs; Plurals; Postmodifiers; Premodifiers; Prepositional phrases; Prepositions and prepositional adverbs; Pronouns; Pronunciation of endings |
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Proper nouns and namesQuantifiers; Questions; Reciprocal pronouns; Relative clauses; Sentences; Some-words and any-words; Spelling changes; Subjects; Subjunctives; Subordination; Verb patterns; Verb phrases; Word-classes; Zero; Index |
| Summary |
A Communicative Grammar of English was first published in 1975 and since then the book has established itself as a grammar innovative in approach, reliable in coverage, and clear in its explanations. It is now available in this fully revised and redesigned third edition to provide up-to-date and accessible help to teachers, advanced learners and undergraduates students of English. A completely new Workbook co-authored by ELT specialists Edward Woods and Rudy Coppieters will also accompany this edition. This edition is divided into three parts: Part One: A guide to the use of this book |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Svartvik, Jan
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| ISBN |
9781317869696 |
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1317869699 |
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