TABLE OF CONTENTS. Survey of the Development of English Grammatical TheoryForeword................................................................................................................................ 6 Introduction Survey of the Development of English Grammatical Theory.......................................... 11 Grammar in Its Relation to Other Levels of Linguistic Structure............................................ 37 Problems of Field Structure.................................................................................................... 42 Functional Re-evaluation of Grammatical Forms in Context......................................... 45 Grammatical Doublets........................................................................................................... 55 Revision Material........................................................................................................... 59 Part I. Morphology Chapter 1. The Subject-Matter of Morphology............................................................. 60 Chapter II. Parts of Speech.................................................................................. 67 Problem of Classification................................................................................ 67 Chapter III The Noun........................................................................................................... 72 Number........................................................................................................... 72 Case............................................................................................................... 78 The Article...................................................................................................... 84 Revision Material.................................................................................................................. 88 Chapter IV. The Adjective.................................................................................................... 89 The Category of Intensity and Comparison..................................................... 90 Substantivation of Adjectives........................................................................... 96 Revision Material............................................................................................................ 98 Chapter V. The Verb............................................................................................................. 99 The Structural Functions of the English Verb................................................ 105 Mood........................................................................................................ 107 Modal Verbs.................................................................................................................. 111 Voice............................................................................................................. 118 Active:: Passive in the English Voice System............................................... 118 Aspect........................................................................................................... 130 Lexico-Grammatical Categories in the Field of Aspect................................... 130 Revision Material................................................................................................................. 136 Chapter VI. English Verb-Forms and Their Pattern-Value.................................................. 137 The Present Tense..................................................................................... 137 The Present Continuous (Progressive) Tense........................................... 141 The Past Tense.......................................................................................... 146 The Past Continuous (Progressive) Tense............................................... 147 The Perfect Tenses................................................................................... 149 The Future Tense........................................................................................... 154 Revision Material........................................................................................................... 159 Chapter VII. The Pronouns.................................................................................... 160 Personal Pronouns.................................................................................. 160 Chapter VIII. The Adverb..................................................................................... 164 Category of State..................................................................................... 166 Revision Material................................................................................................................ 168
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