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A New Approach to English Grammar, on Semantic Principles (Clarendon Paperbacks)

  • Authors: Dixon - R. M. W. Dixon - R. M. W.
  • ISBN 10: 0198240570
  • ISBN 13: 9780198240570
  • Release: November 19, 1992
  • Format: Paperback (416 pages)
  • List Price: $45.00
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    List Price: $45.00

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    Book Description:
    This work offers a fresh approach to grammar, arguing that a speaker "codes" a meaning into grammatical forms in order to communicate them to a hearer. Investigating the interrelation of grammar and meaning, Dixon uncovers a rationale for the varying grammatical properties of different words. He offers a review of some of the main points of English syntax, as well as a discussion of English verbs in terms of semantic types. Finally, he examines five specific grammatical topics: complement clauses in detail; complement clauses, transitivity and causatives; passive construction; promotion of a non-subject to subject slot; and the relation between verb constructions.

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