The Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay-Writing

ISBN-13: 9781316633441 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 350 str.

Alfred S. West

Opis

Originally published in 1907, this informative and engaging textbook sets out to contain and explicate all of the elements of English grammar.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Historical survey; 2. Constituents of the English vocabulary; 3. The Indo-Europeans or Aryan family of languages; 4. The divisions of grammar; 5. Elementary sounds in English; 6. Signs or letters; 7. Egyptology; 8. Nouns; 9. Inflexion of nouns I - gender; 10. Inflexion of nouns II - number; 11. Inflexion of nouns III - case; 12. Adjectives; 13. Inflexion of adjectives; 14. Pronouns; 15. Verbs; 16. Inflexions of verbs; 17. Auxiliary and defective verbs; 18. Adverbs; 19. Prepositions; 20. Conjunctions and interjections; 21. Compounds and derivatives; 22. Analysis of sentences and parsing; 23. Syntax of nouns; 24. Syntax of adjectives and pronouns; 25. Syntax of verbs; 26. Syntax of adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions; Appendix 1. Definitions of grammatical terms; Appendix 2. Passages for analysis; Essay-writing; Subjects for essays; Index.