A New Approach to English Grammar, on Semantic Principles (Clarendon Paperbacks) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

A New Approach to English Grammar, on Semantic Principles (Clarendon Paperbacks) Book

This work offers a fresh approach to grammar, arguing that a speaker "codes" a meaning into grammatical forms in order to communicate them to a hearer. Investigating the interrelation of grammar and meaning, Dixon uncovers a rationale for the varying grammatical properties of different words. He offers a review of some of the main points of English syntax, as well as a discussion of English verbs in terms of semantic types. Finally, he examines five specific grammatical topics: complement clauses in detail; complement clauses, transitivity and causatives; passive construction; promotion of a non-subject to subject slot; and the relation between verb constructions.Read More

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  • 0198240570
  • 9780198240570
  • Robert M.W. Dixon
  • 1 October 1992
  • Clarendon Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 416
  • New edition
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