| A New Approach to English Grammar, on Semantic Principles Contributor(s): Dixon, R. M. W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198242727 ISBN-13: 9780198242727 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1991 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Foreign Language Study - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 425 |
| LCCN: 90007356 |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 5.71" W x 8.85" (1.40 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |