Understanding English grammar : a linguistic introduction
Unlike other textbooks, it helps students to understand grammar rather than see it as a set of facts and rules
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Introduction
1. History
2. Typology
3. The lexicon
4. Morphology
the shapes of words
5. Participant reference
6. Actions, states, and processes
7. Basic concepts in English syntax
8. Advanced concepts in English syntax
9. Complementation
10. Modification
11. Auxiliaries and the "black hole" of English syntax
12. Time and reality
13. Voice and valence
14. Clause combining
15. Pragmatic grounding and pragmatically marked constructions