Grammar, Meaning, and Concepts: A Discourse-Based Approach to English Grammar

ISBN-13: 9781138785267 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 478 str.

Susan Strauss; Parastou Feiz; Xuehua Xiang

Opis

This book emphasizes the ways in which users of language construct meaning, express viewpoints, and depict imageries using the conceptual meaning-filled categories that underlie all of grammar; grammar-in-use is illustrated with an abundance of authentic data examples. Activities in each chapter can be used as is or adapted for classroom practice.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Meaning Beyond Syntax: Discourse and Conceptualization; Chapter 2 The Nuts and Bolts of Grammar; Chapter 3 The Basic Grammar for Mentioning People, Ideas, Values, Objects, Concepts, and Things: Nouns and Their Meanings in Discourse; Chapter 4 Referring to, Identifying, Specifying, Underspecifying, Possessing, and Quantifying Things, People, and Ideas in Discourse: Determiners; Chapter 5 Alternate Ways to Identify, Specify, Underspecify, Focus On, and Quantify Things, People, and Ideas in Discourse: Pronouns; Chapter 6 The Grammar of Events, States, Identities, Actions, Power, Control, and Spontaneity in Discourse: Verbs; Chapter 7 The Grammar of Time, Fact, Habit, Changeability, Permanence, Sequence, and Relevance in Discourse: Tense and Aspect; Chapter 8 The Grammar of Directives, Permissions, Obligations, Opinions, and Mitigations: Imperatives and Modals; Chapter 9 The Grammar of Agency, Control, Responsibility, Passivity, Non-Agency, and Non-Accountability: Voice; Chapter 10 The Grammar of Juxtaposing, Contrasting, Denying, Excluding, Contradicting, and Reversing: Negation; Chapter 11 The Grammar of Inquiry and Apparent Inquiry in Discourse: Yes-No Questions, Wh- Questions, Alternative or Choice Questions, and Tag Questions; Chapter 12 The Grammar of Situating Entities in Space, Time, and Abstractness, Hanging On, Burning Up, and Cooling Down: Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs; Chapter 13 The Exquisite Grammar of Descriptions—Being Bellicose or Bubbly, Feckless, or Fearless: Adjectives; Chapter 14 The Grammar of Connecting, Adding, Conjoining, Contrasting, Indicating Alternatives, and Expressing Stance: Conjunctions; Chapter 15 The Grammar of Exquisitely Evoking Events, How Things Happen, When Things Happen, If Things Happen, and How We Portray Such Views in Discourse: Adverbs; Index