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Tables of Contents for Introduction to the Grammar of English
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
List of tables
xiii
Glossary
xv
Introduction
1
10
Examples of linguistic knowledge
1
4
How do we know so much?
5
1
Examples of social or non-linguistic knowledge
6
1
Conclusion
7
4
Categories
11
20
Lexical categories
11
6
Grammatical categories
17
3
Pronouns
20
1
What new words and loanwords tell us
21
1
Conclusion
22
9
Phrases
31
30
The phrase
31
9
Phrases in the sentence
40
1
Coordination of phrases
41
2
Finding phrases
43
1
Building trees
44
2
Conclusion
46
15
Review Chapters 1-3
57
4
Functions in the sentence
61
18
The different functions and how they are realized
61
5
Verbs and functions
66
1
Trees
67
2
Light verbs (Optional)
69
1
Conclusion
69
10
More functions, of prepositions and particles
79
18
Adverbials
79
4
Prepositional verbs
83
1
Phrasal verbs
84
1
Phrasal prepositional verbs (Optional)
85
1
Objects and adverbials
86
2
Conclusion
88
9
The structure of the Verb Group in the VP
97
22
Auxiliary verbs
97
6
The order of auxiliaries and affix hop
103
2
Finiteness
105
2
Conclusion
107
12
Review Chapters 4-6
113
6
Finite clauses: Embedded and coordinated
119
16
Sentences and clauses
119
1
The functions of clauses
120
1
The structure: S' (pronounced: S-bar)
120
4
Coordinate sentences
124
1
Terminological labyrinth
125
1
Conclusion
125
10
Non-finite clauses
135
14
Non-finite clauses
135
1
The functions of non-finites
136
1
The structure: S'?
137
2
Coordinating non-finites
139
1
Conclusion
140
9
Review of Chapters 7 and 8
147
2
The structure of the NP, AdjP, AdvP, and PP
149
18
The structure and function of AdjP, AdvP, and PP
149
2
The structure of the NP and functions inside it
151
3
Arguments for distinguishing complements from modifiers
154
2
Conclusion
156
11
Clauses as parts of NPs and AdjPs
167
14
NPs and AdjPs as compared to PPs and AdvPs
167
1
NPs: Modifier (Relative) and complement clauses
168
4
More on RCs
172
1
AdjPs: Complement clauses
173
1
Conclusion
174
7
Special sentences
181
14
Questions/interrogatives
181
2
Exclamations
183
1
Topicalization, passive, cleft, and pseudo-cleft
183
1
Conclusion
184
11
Review Chapters 9-11
189
6
Further reading
195
4
References
199