Depraetere I. Advanced English Grammar. A Linguistic Approach 3ed 2025

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Depraetere I. Advanced English Grammar. A Linguistic Approach 3ed 2025

Textbook in PDF format This textbook pulls all of the relevant ideas from linguistic theory to support the language student to fully understand English grammar. After introducing form and function, the authors cover verbs, nouns, aspect and tense, modality and discourse. Readers are led through the underlying principles of language use, with the book presupposing only a basic grasp of linguistic terminology and focusing on the critical issues. This new edition includes updated examples from the press to represent a wider breadth of English language publications, including examples not only from The Guardian and the New York Times, but also from Indian and African publications. The new system to cross-reference all exercises with the core text in each chapter with discreet marginal notes makes the link between theory and practice more explicit. This edition also includes a new appendix of important phrasal verbs at an advanced level. Full of challenging exercises and supported by a companion website featuring an extensive answer key, a glossary and further exercises for study, this is the reference grammar of choice for both native and non-native English speakers. Contents List of abbreviations and symbols Introduction to the third edition Introduction to the second edition Introduction to the first edition and acknowledgements 1 Getting started: Forms and functions Introduction Syntax, semantics, pragmatics and grammar Forms and functions The clause, the sentence and subordination Conclusion 2 The verb and its complements Introduction Lexical verbs versus auxiliary verbs Interrogative clauses and tags Complementation of lexical verbs The passive Conclusion 3 The noun and the noun phrase Introduction The noun Determiners Modifiers Subject–verb agreement Conclusion 4 Aspect and tense Introduction Aspect and situation types Tense Conclusion 5 Modals and modality Introduction Modal verbs Composition of a sentence with a modal verb Modal verbs expressing epistemic meaning Modal verbs expressing non-epistemic meaning Shall and will The subjunctive The modal past and the modal past perfect Conclusion 6 Discourse Introduction Cohesion Markers of cohesion Conclusion Appendix 1: Irregular verbs Appendix 2: Particle verbs, prepositional verbs and prepositional particle verbs Bibliography Lexical index Subject index