Grammar : the structure of language
Grenon, Rachel2012
Book
In the ancient scholarly curriculum, grammar formed part of the Trivium, with its sister sciences of logic and rhetoric. Logic asks: When is a sentence true? Rhetoric asks: Which is the right sentence? Grammar purely asks: When is a sentence correct? In Grammar, Rachel Grenon defines the rules governing the construction of words, phrases, sentences, and extended text or speech. Beginning with the rules behind ancient languages such as Sanskrit and Greek, she then focuses on how the rules of English have developed-from nouns and pronouns, verbs and adverbs, to tenses, the passive voice, questions, imperatives, and much more. With diagrams, engravings, and witty cartoon illustrations, this original take on a classic subject is essential for anyone interested in language.
Main title:
Grammar : the structure of language / by Rachel Grenon.
Author:
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Imprint:
New York, N.Y. : Walker & Company, 2012.
Collation:
58 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Starting with Writing -- Early Grammar -- The Story of English -- Making Sense -- Categories & Terms -- Classifying Words and Determiners -- The Noun Phrase -- English Nouns -- Pronouns -- Adjectives -- English Adjectives -- The Verbal Phrase -- Verbs & Time -- English Verb Tenses -- English Verb Forms -- To Be and To Have -- Verb Voice and Verb Aspect -- Verb Mood and Complex Verb Phrases -- Negatives and Verb Transitivity -- Finite & Copular Verbs, and Is It a Verb? -- Adverbs -- Little Words and Conjunctions -- Prepositions and Subject & Predicate -- The Five Phrases -- Clauses -- Types of Clause -- Sentences -- Beyond Grammar.
ISBN:
97808027435890802743587
Dewey class:
425
LC class:
P
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
115729
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