Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate students, teachers of the English language, linguists; general readership amongst all those with an informed interest in the English language and its grammar.
Bas Aarts, Professor of English Linguistics and Director of the Survey of English Usage at University College London
Part I: The basics 1. An overview of English grammar Part II: Form and function 2. Word structure and word formation 3. Word classes and simple phrases 4. Grammatical functions, semantic roles, and tree diagrams Part III: Phrase and clause patterns 5. Complex phrases and coordination 6. Clause types and negation 7. Finite subordinate clauses 8. Non-finite and verbless subordinate clauses Part IV: Grammar and meaning 9. Tense and aspect 10. Mood 11. Information structuring Appendix 1: English irregular verbs Appendix 2: The structure of the ICE-GB corpus Notes and further reading References Index
