Grammar, meaning, and concepts : a discourse-based approach to English grammar
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Chapter 1. Meaning Beyond Syntax: Discourse and ConceptualizationChapter 2. The Nuts and Bolts of Grammar Chapter 3. The Basic Grammar for Mentioning People, Ideas, Values, Objects, Concepts, and Things: Nouns and their Meanings in DiscourseChapter 4. Referring to, Identifying, Specifying, Underspecifying, Possessing, and Quantifying Things, People, and Ideas in Discourse: DeterminersChapter 5. Alternate Ways to Identify, Specify, Underspecify, Focus On, and Quantify Things, People, and Ideas in Discourse: PronounsChapter 6. The Grammar of Events, States, Identities, Actions, Power, Control, and Spontaneity in Discourse: VerbsChapter 7. The Grammar of Time, Fact, Habit, Changeability, Permanence, Sequence, and Relevance in Discourse: Tense and AspectChapter 8. The Grammar of Directives, Permissions, Obligations, Opinions, and Mitigations: Imperatives and Modals Chapter 9. The Grammar of Agency, Control, Responsibility, Passivity, Non-Agency, and Non-Accountability: VoiceChapter 10. The Grammar of Juxtaposing, Contrasting, Denying, Excluding, Contradicting, and Reversing: NegationChapter 11. The Grammar of Inquiry and Apparent Inquiry in Discourse: Yes-No Questions, Wh-Questions, Alternative or Choice Questions, and Tag QuestionsChapter 12. The Grammar of Situating Entities in Space, Time, and Abstractness, Hanging On, Burning Up, and Cooling Down: Prepositions and Phrasal VerbsChapter 13. The Exquisite Grammar of Descriptions-Being Bellicose or Bubbly, Feckless or Fearless: AdjectivesChapter 14. The Grammar of Connecting, Adding, Conjoining, Contrasting, Indicating Alternatives, and Expressing Stance: ConjunctionsChapter 15. The Grammar of Exquisitely Evoking Events, How Things Happen, When Things Happen, If Things Happen, and How We Portray Such Views in Discourse: Adverbs
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