Essentials of Mastering English

Carl Bache

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2000

Essentials of Mastering English

A Concise Grammar

Carl Bache

In the series Mouton Textbook

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110825985

Overview
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About this book

Essentials of Mastering English: A Concise Grammar is both an ideal companion for undergraduate students wishing to acquire a high level of grammatical proficiency and a readily accessible reference work for teachers of English at all levels. It provides an introduction to basic grammatical terms and to elementary syntactic description, enabling students to analyse sentences and utterances down to word level with a specification of both the form and the function of all constituents.

Offers thorough treatment of all significant areas of English grammar
Includes comprehensive glossary with definitions and exemplification of key terms
Provides tips on pronunciation and spelling in separate appendix
Represents an attractive tool for all students of English

Author information

Carl Bache, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

Reviews

"[...] this grammar presents a clear and coherent description of central parts of English grammar. It offers a wealth of information to the serious student."
Knud Sorensen in: English Studies, Nijmegen 1/2001

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PART I
1. Grammatical description: getting started Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Sentence functions Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	11
3. Complex forms Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	30
4. Clause types and utterance functions Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	44
5. Missing constituents, ellipsis and pro-forms Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	48
6. Vocatives, interjections and dislocation Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	52
PART II
7. Constituent order Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	55
8. Situations and participants Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	73
9. Voice: active versus passive Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	81
10. Polarity Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	88
11. Subject-predicator concord Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	96
12. The complex sentence Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	103
PART III
13. Verbals Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	117
14. Nominals Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	157
15. Pronominals Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	195
16. Adjectivals and adverbals Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	229
Appendix: tips on pronunciation and spelling Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	259
Select bibliography Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	265
Glossary Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	267
Subject index Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	299
Word index Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	319

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 328
Illustrations
- Other: Zahlr. Abb.
Keywords: Englisch; Grammatik

eBook

Published: February 6, 2013
ISBN: 9783110825985

Paperback

Published: January 27, 2000
ISBN: 9783110167221