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.
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.
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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Ingram Content Group
9781317665045
Grammar, meaning, and concepts.
9781138785267
English language-- Discourse analysis.
English language-- Grammar.
Semantics.
English language-- Discourse analysis.
English language-- Grammar.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Syntax.