| Description |
1 online resource |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Meaning Beyond Syntax: Discourse and Conceptualization; 2 The Nuts and Bolts of Grammar; 3 The Basic Grammar for Mentioning People, Ideas, Values, Objects, Concepts, and Things: Nouns and Their Meanings in Discourse; 4 Referring to, Identifying, Specifying, Underspecifying, Possessing, and Quantifying Things, People, and Ideas in Discourse: Determiners; 5 Alternate Ways to Identify, Specify, Underspecify, Focus On, and Quantify Things, People, and Ideas in Discourse: Pronouns |
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6 The Grammar of Events, States, Identities, Actions, Power, Control, and Spontaneity in Discourse: Verbs7 The Grammar of Time, Fact, Habit, Changeability, Permanence, Sequence, and Relevance in Discourse: Tense and Aspect; 8 The Grammar of Directives, Permissions, Obligations, Opinions, and Mitigations: Imperatives and Modals; 9 The Grammar of Agency, Control, Responsibility, Passivity, Non-Agency, and Non-Accountability: Voice; 10 The Grammar of Juxtaposing, Contrasting, Denying, Excluding, Contradicting, and Reversing: Negation |
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11 The Grammar of Inquiry and Apparent Inquiry in Discourse: Yes-No Questions, Wh- Questions, Alternative or Choice Questions, and Tag Questions12 The Grammar of Situating Entities in Space, Time, and Abstractness, Hanging On, Burning Up, and Cooling Down: Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs; 13 The Exquisite Grammar of Descriptions-Being Bellicose or Bubbly, Feckless, or Fearless: Adjectives; 14 The Grammar of Connecting, Adding, Conjoining, Contrasting, Indicating Alternatives, and Expressing Stance: Conjunctions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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English language -- Discourse analysis.
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English language -- Grammar.
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Semantics.
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Semantics
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semantics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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English language -- Discourse analysis
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English language -- Grammar
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Semantics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Feiz, Parastou, author
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Xiang, Xuehua, 1976- author.
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| ISBN |
9781315767970 |
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131576797X |
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131766504X |
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9781317665045 |
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9781317665052 |
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1317665058 |
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1317665031 |
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9781317665038 |
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