A Student's Introduction to English Grammar

312 Index

special fused head, 97-9, 114-15,
306
specified preposition, 136--7,
139-40, 142, 143n, 244, 306
specifying use of be, 76-- 7, 176,
213-14,254,295,306
speech act, 159-60, 172,306
speech vs writing, 267-9
spelling rules, 269-73
split infinitive, 206
Standard English, 1-4
statement, 159, 167
stimulus, 167-8
stranding of preposition, 137-9, 187,
201,244,306
subclausal negation, 150-1
subject, 12-15, 66-- 70, 136, 176,
178,180,212-13,247-8,306
subject-auxiliary inversion, 38-9,
68, 162, 168, 178, 180-1,247,
249,257-8,306
subject--<lependent inversion, 258
subject-determiner, 108-10, 306
subjective predicative complement, 76

subjectless non-finite, 206--9

subjunctive, 31-2, 36, 59n, 172, 177,

306

subordinate clause, subordination,

16,25,37,45,95, 130, 140, 157,

161,174-81,247,306

subordinating conjunction, 129

subordinator, 16,21,129-30,174-6,

178,184,205-6,306

suffix, 27, 266, 284, 306

superlative, 100, 112, 115, 123,

195-8,280-1,306

supplement, 79-80, 119,207,306

supplementary relative, 187-9,301

symbol, 268, 301

symmetric coordination, 230

syntactic determination, 206--9, 213,

216

syntax, 6, 265

tag, 150-1, 154, 164,249,306

tense, 41, 44-51, 306

term comparison, 196

that relative, 184-5

to-infinitival, 31-2, 211-13, 306

topic, 69-70

traditional grammar, 11-13, 17,

19-21,32,42,56, 59n,68-70,

72n, 127-32, 176n, 188

transitive, 78, 306

truth conditions, 217, 306

understood subject, 206--9

variable lexeme, 29

verb, verb phrase, 12-13, 16-- 17,

29-59,63-4,115-17,135-6,

273-7,306

verbal idiom, 144-6,306

verbal negation, 151-3, 170,306

verbless clause, 222-3

voice, 41, 240-1, 306

vowel, 268, 306

VP reduction, 260

weight, 257

wh relative, 184-6, 189-91,212

word, 15-22,27,264-90