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This book is a corpus-based university grammar with a Swedish perspective, written in English and aimed mainly at first-semester students of English at Swedish universities. It gives a thorough, yet easily accessible, introduction to the study of grammar and the building blocks of language: word classes, phrases and clause elements. All examples are authentic, taken from English text types that students are acquainted with and often meet: for instance, spoken conversation, newspapers, academi...

This book is a corpus-based university grammar with a Swedish perspective, written in English and aimed mainly at first-semester students of English at Swedish universities. It gives a thorough, yet easily accessible, introduction to the study of grammar and the building blocks of language: word classes, phrases and clause elements. All examples are authentic, taken from English text types that students are acquainted with and often meet: for instance, spoken conversation, newspapers, academic texts, novels, Internet websites, song lyrics and students’ essays. Throughout the grammar book, clear symbols indicate specific difficulties facing learners of English as well as other aspects of English usage, and extensive corpus-based information about language variation is provided. A large number of activities of various kinds, such as problem-solving questions, translation sentences and spot-the-mistake exercises, contribute further to reinforcing the knowledge of grammar. To accompany the book, there is an extensive website including exercises and audio lectures on particular grammatical issues. In this second edition of A University Grammar of English the whole book has been digitalized, with clickable cross-references between different sections, and the audio lectures now also include short summaries of each of the chapters. Second edition

    • 13
      Preface
    • 15
      Symbols and abbreviations
    • 16
      The phonetic alphabet
    • 1
      17
       Introduction
        • 1.1
          19
          What’s the point in studying grammar
        • 1.2
          21
          Ideas and structure
    • 2
      27
       What is grammar
        • 29
          Questions for discussion and problem-solving
        • 2.1
          32
          Defining “grammar
        • 2.2
          34
          Grammar has meaning
        • 2.3
          35
          How grammar can be used for specific functions
        • 2.4
          36
          Chatting with a friend or writing a job application: stylistic variation in grammar
        • 2.5
          38
          English around the world: regional variation in grammar
        • 2.6
          40
          The never-ending story: grammar and change
        • 2.7
          42
          A window on reality: grammar and language corpora
        • 2.8
          44
          Grammar in English and other languages
    • 3
      47
       The building blocks of language
        • 49
          Questions for discussion and problem-solving
        • 3.1
          55
          Word classes vs clause elements
        • 3.2
          57
          Word classes
          • 3.2.1
            58
            Nouns
          • 3.2.2
            59
            Verbs
          • 3.2.3
            60
            Adjectives
          • 3.2.4
            61
            Adverbs
          • 3.2.5
            62
            Pronouns
          • 3.2.6
            62
            Numerals
          • 3.2.7
            63
            Prepositions
          • 3.2.8
            63
            Conjunctions
          • 3.2.9
            64
            Interjections
          • 3.2.10
            64
            Open and closed word classes
        • 3.3
          65
          Grammatical phrases
          • 3.3.1
            66
            The noun phrase
          • 3.3.2
            69
            The verb phrase
          • 3.3.3
            70
            The adjective phrase
          • 3.3.4
            70
            The adverb phrase
          • 3.3.5
            70
            The prepositional phrase
        • 3.4
          71
          Clause elements
          • 3.4.1
            72
            The subject element
          • 3.4.2
            74
             The verb element
          • 3.4.3
            74
            The object element
          • 3.4.4
            76
            The predicative element
          • 3.4.5
            78
            The adverbial element
          • 3.4.6
            80
            Summary of word classes, phrases and clause elements
          • 3.4.7
            81
            Clause types
            • 3.4.7.1
              82
              Main clauses and dependent clauses
        • 3.5
          86
          Why learn about the building blocks
          • 3.5.1
            86
            Avoiding run-on sentences and sentence fragments
            • 3.5.1.1
              86
              Run-on sentences
            • 3.5.1.2
              87
              Sentence fragments
          • 3.5.2
            88
            Avoiding subject-verb agreement mistakes
        • 91
          Brief revision
        • 93
          Exercises
    • 4
      97
       People, places, things and abstractions: dealing with nouns
        • 99
          Questions for discussion and problem-solving
        • 4.1
          107
          The importance of being a noun /phrase
        • 4.2
          108
          Common and proper nouns
        • 4.3
          109
          Countable and uncountable nouns
          • 4.3.1
            110
            Uncountables in English – countables in Swedish
          • 4.3.2
            113
            An overview of differences between countables and uncountables
          • 4.3.3
            115
            Nouns that can be either countable or uncountable
        • 4.4
          117
          Singular and plural nouns
          • 4.4.1
            117
            Irregular plurals
          • 4.4.2
            120
            Invariable nouns
            • 4.4.2.1
              121
              Nouns which are always singular
            • 4.4.2.2
              122
              Nouns which are always plural
          • 4.4.3
            125
            Nouns with different meanings in the singular and the plural
          • 4.4.4
            126
            Collective nouns
          • 4.4.5
            127
            Logical plurals and singulars
            • 4.4.5.1
              127
              Logical plurals
            • 4.4.5.2
              128
              Logical singulars
        • 4.5
          130
          The genitive and the ||of||-construction
          • 4.5.1
            130
            The genitive
          • 4.5.2
            132
            The ||of-||construction
          • 4.5.3
            133
            The “double” genitive: ||a friend of my sister’s
        • 4.6
          134
          The use of articles
          • 4.6.1
            135
            The indefinite article
          • 4.6.2
            138
            The definite article
          • 4.6.3
            140
            No article in English
            • 4.6.3.1
              142
              Uncountables and plurals used in a generic sense
            • 4.6.3.2
              145
              Place names preceded by adjectives
        • 146
          Brief revision
        • 148
          Exercises
    • 5
      153
       What we do, experience, feel and say: dealing with verbs
        • 155
          Questions for discussion and problem-solving
        • 5.1
          166
          Finite and non-finite verb forms
        • 5.2
          169
          Auxiliaries and main verbs
          • 5.2.1
            171
            Primary auxiliaries
            • 5.2.1.1
              171
              ||Be||: passive constructions and the progressive form
            • 5.2.1.2
              174
              ||Do||: negations, questions, emphasis and substitution
            • 5.2.1.3
              175
              ||Have||: the present perfect and the past perfect
            • 5.2.1.4
              175
              ||Be||, ||do|| and ||have|| used as main verbs
          • 5.2.2
            178
            Modal auxiliaries
            • 5.2.2.1
              179
              ||Can – could
            • 5.2.2.2
              181
              ||May – might
            • 5.2.2.3
              182
              ||Must – have /got/ to
            • 5.2.2.4
              183
              ||Will – would
            • 5.2.2.5
              185
              ||Shall – should
            • 5.2.2.6
              188
              Marginal modals: ||dare||, ||need||, ||used|| ||to|| and ||ought to
          • 5.2.3
            190
            Tag questions
        • 5.3
          192
          Regular and irregular verbs
        • 5.4
          194
          Expressing time in English verb phrases
          • 5.4.1
            195
            ||I love grammar||: the present tense
          • 5.4.2
            196
            ||I loved grammar when I was a child||: the past tense
          • 5.4.3
            199
            ||I have always loved grammar||: the present perfect
          • 5.4.4
            202
            ||I had always loved grammar||,|| but …||: the past perfect
          • 5.4.5
            202
            ||Soon you will love grammar too||: the future in English
            • 5.4.5.1
              205
              The simple present expressing the future
            • 5.4.5.2
              206
              Two special kinds of future
          • 5.4.6
            207
            ||I would love grammar if …||: conditional constructions
          • 5.4.7
            209
            Differences between English and Swedish – a summary
        • 5.5
          210
          The progressive and the simple form
          • 5.5.1
            212
            The simple present
          • 5.5.2
            213
            The present progressive
          • 5.5.3
            214
            The simple form and the progressive form in the past and the perfect
          • 5.5.4
            215
            The simple form and the progressive form with different meanings
          • 5.5.5
            215
            Summary of the simple form and the progressive form
        • 5.6
          216
          Mood: the imperative and the subjunctive
          • 5.6.1
            217
            The imperative
          • 5.6.2
            218
            The subjunctive
        • 5.7
          219
          Verbs followed by dependent clauses
          • 5.7.1
            220
            Verbs followed by a dependent clause with a verb in the ||to-||infinitive form
          • 5.7.2
            222
            Verbs followed by a dependent clause with a verb in the bare infinitive form
          • 5.7.3
            222
            Verbs followed by a dependent clause with a verb in the -||ing|| form
          • 5.7.4
            224
            Verbs followed by a dependent clause with either a ||to-||infinitive or a verb in the ||-ing ||form
          • 5.7.5
            226
            Verbs followed by a dependent clause with either a bare infinitive or a verb in the ||-ing ||form
        • 228
          Brief revision
        • 230
          Exercises
    • 6
      235
       Describing and classifying: dealing with adjectives
        • 237
          Questions for discussion and problem-solving
        • 6.1
          242
          The two main functions of adjectives
        • 6.2
          244
          Adjective comparison
          • 6.2.1
            245
            Four groups of comparison
          • 6.2.2
            248
            The spelling of compared adjectives
          • 6.2.3
            248
            Variation in the comparative and the superlative
            • 6.2.3.1
              248
              ||Further/furthest|| vs ||farther/farthest
            • 6.2.3.2
              249
              ||Later/latest|| vs ||latter/last
            • 6.2.3.3
              250
              ||Nearest|| vs ||next
            • 6.2.3.4
              250
              ||Older|| vs ||elder
          • 6.2.4
            250
            Comparing only two things
          • 6.2.5
            251
            Other kinds of comparison
          • 6.2.6
            251
            The Swedish “absolute comparative
        • 6.3
          252
          Adjectives and word order
          • 6.3.1
            253
            Adjectives following their heads
          • 6.3.2
            254
            Word order with two or more adjectives
          • 6.3.3
            256
            Word order in phrases with ||last||, ||past||, ||next|| and ||first
        • 6.4
          256
          Adjectives functioning as heads of noun phrases
          • 6.4.1
            256
            Referring to a group of people in a generic sense
          • 6.4.2
            258
            Referring to an abstract phenomenon in a generic sense
          • 6.4.3
            259
            Referring to specific people, situations, details etc
            • 6.4.3.1
              259
              Specific people
            • 6.4.3.2
              261
              Specific situations, details etc
            • 6.4.3.3
              262
              Substitution with ||one||/||ones
        • 6.5
          263
          Adjective complementation
        • 6.6
          263
          Nationality words
        • 267
          Brief revision
        • 269
          Exercises
    • 7
      273
       Giving more information: dealing with adverbs and adverbials
        • 275
          Questions for discussion and problem-solving
        • 7.1
          280
          The difference between adjectives and adverbs
        • 7.2
          281
          Adverb endings
          • 7.2.1
            284
            Adverbs which look the same as adjectives
          • 7.2.2
            285
            Adverbs with two forms
          • 7.2.3
            285
            Adverbs which are not related to adjectives
          • 7.2.4
            286
            Degree adverbs
        • 7.3
          287
          Modification of adverbs
        • 7.4
          287
          Adverb comparison
        • 7.5
          288
          The difference between adverbs and adverbials
        • 7.6
          290
          The meanings of adverbials
        • 7.7
          295
          Word order difficulties with certain types of adverbial
          • 7.7.1
            296
            Adverbials in initial position
            • 7.7.1.1
              297
              Negating and restricting adverbials in initial position
          • 7.7.2
            298
            One-word adverbials
          • 7.7.3
            299
            Complex adverbials
          • 7.7.4
            300
            The split infinitive
        • 301
          Brief revision
        • 303
          Exercises
    • 8
      305
       Pointing out, referring back, replacing, questioning etc: dealing with pronouns
        • 307
          Questions for discussion and problem-solving
        • 8.1
          317
          Personal pronouns
          • 8.1.1
            320
            Personal pronouns after prepositions
          • 8.1.2
            321
            ||There ||and ||it
            • 8.1.2.1
              321
              ||There
            • 8.1.2.2
              322
              ||It
          • 8.1.3
            324
            ||So ||and ||neither||/||nor
        • 8.2
          325
          Reflexive pronouns
        • 8.3
          326
          Possessive pronouns
          • 8.3.1
            328
            Possessive pronouns with words for body parts etc
        • 8.4
          329
          Demonstrative pronouns
        • 8.5
          330
          Interrogative pronouns
          • 8.5.1
            331
            ||Who, what ||and|| which
          • 8.5.2
            332
            ||Which ||vs ||what ||– limited or unlimited choice
          • 8.5.3
            333
            ||Who||, ||whom|| and ||whose
          • 8.5.4
            334
            Indirect questions
        • 8.6
          334
          Relative pronouns
          • 8.6.1
            335
            ||Who||,|| which|| and ||whom
          • 8.6.2
            337
            ||That ||and the zero relative
          • 8.6.3
            338
            ||Whose ||and ||of which||/||whom
          • 8.6.4
            339
            ||What
          • 8.6.5
            340
            Restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses
        • 8.7
          341
          Exclamatory pronouns
        • 8.8
          341
          Quantifying (or indefinite) pronouns
          • 8.8.1
            342
            ||Some||, ||any||, ||no|| and their compounds
            • 8.8.1.1
              342
              ||Some|| and ||any
            • 8.8.1.2
              345
              ||No
            • 8.8.1.3
              345
              Compounds with ||some||, ||any ||and ||no
          • 8.8.2
            346
            ||Either ||and ||neither
          • 8.8.3
            347
            ||All||,|| whole||,|| both|| and|| half
          • 8.8.4
            348
            ||Every,|| ||each, everyone ||and|| everybody
          • 8.8.5
            350
            ||Many||,|| much||,|| ||/||a||/ ||few||,|| ||/||a||/ ||little||,|| a great deal of||,|| most ||etc
          • 8.8.6
            351
            Quantifying pronouns in relation to plural and uncountable nouns
            • 8.8.6.1
              353
              ||Amount ||vs ||number ||and similar words
            • 8.8.6.2
              354
              ||Less ||and ||fewer
        • 8.9
          354
          The wastebasket: ||one||/||s||/, ||such||, ||else||, ||another|| and ||other||/||s
          • 8.9.1
            354
            ||One||/||s
          • 8.9.2
            355
            ||Such
          • 8.9.3
            356
            ||Else

Detta är en oumbärlig grammatisk hjälpreda för engelskstuderande, både som studiebok och uppslagsverk.

Kerstin Rydén (ur recension i BTJ-häftet nr 21/2015)

Information

Författare:
Maria Estling Vannestål
Språk:
Svenska
ISBN:
9789144104997
Utgivningsår:
2007
Revisionsår:
2015
Artikelnummer:
31718-02
Upplaga:
Andra
Sidantal:
586

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