A Student's Introduction to English Grammar

Further reading 293 (Barry J. Blake, 2001), Definiteness (Chris Lyons, 1999), Gender (Greville Corbett, 1991), Mood and Modality ...

(^294) Further reading Betty Bimer & Gregory Ward discuss information packaging (Ch. 15) in their Infonnation Status and Non ...

Glossary The aim of the glossary is to provide brief reminders of the meaning of a subset of the technical terms used in the boo ...

296 Glossary Attributive. Applies to an adjective or other pre-head internal modifier in NP structure: a hot day illustrates att ...

Glossary 297 Collective noun. A noun denoting a collection of individuals. In BrE especially, can function as head of a singular ...

298 Glossary Coordinator. A smalllexeme category (part of speech) whose members serve to mark one element as coordinate with ano ...

Glossary 299 Direct object. The default kind of object of a verb (not an indirect object). In a canonical clause, a single objec ...

300 Glossary [two] are cracked, two is both determiner and head. In the poor the adjective poor is si multaneously modifier and ...

Glossary 301 Indirect object. Object of a verb prototypically (but not invariably) having the semantic role of recipient. Preced ...

302 Glossary Lexeme. Unit corresponding to a word seen abstractly enough to include all of its inflectional forms: take, takes, ...

Glossary 303 Nominative. The inflectional case of I, he, she, we, they, who. Contrasts with accusative. Non-affirmative contexts ...

304 Glossary Passive clause. Prototypically, a clause with auxiliary be followed by a past participle followed optionally by by ...

Glossary 305 Predicative adjunct. Phrase functioning as adjunct in clause structure, related to an overt or understood predicand ...

306 Glossary Reflexive pronoun. One of the personal pronouns ending in ·self(or, in the plural, ·selves). Regular lexeme. Lexeme ...

Glossary 307 Speech act. An act like making a statement, asking a question, or issuing a directive. Stranded preposition. Prepos ...

308 Glossary Verbal idiom. Idiom with a verb as the main element: kick the bucket ("die"),jall out ("quarrel"). Verbal negation. ...

Index abbreviation, 287 absolute negator, 153-4 accusative, 5, 67-8,105-7, 165-6, 190,210,295 acronym, 287 across the board, 229 ...

310 Index deontic modality, 54-6, 57n, 157, 177,213,298 dependent, 13,22-3,225-7,230, 298 dependent genitive, 105, 107-8, 298 de ...

nationality adjective, 100 negation, negative, 24, 38-9, 149-57,200,253-4,258,302 negative concord, 156 negative orientation, 15 ...

312 Index special fused head, 97-9, 114-15, 306 specified preposition, 136--7, 139-40, 142, 143n, 244, 306 specifying use of be, ...