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1. • • Apart from introducing the full apparatus of terms and concepts used in descriptive linguistics, it offers a detailed description of the structure of English syntax, semantics and inflectional morphology. In doing so it devotes special attention to the English systems of tense, aspect and modality.
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   Who is the author of a comprehensive descriptive grammar of English?

   • The author of 'A Comprehensive Descriptive Grammar of English' is Renaat Declerck. This is a preliminary version with publisher Kaitakusha (Tokyo) and ISBN 4-7589-0538-X, consisting of 595 pages.

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   What is a descriptive grammar of English?

   • A descriptive grammar of English is a type of grammar that examines the structures used in the English language. It contains several sections, with the first level of analysis focusing on the system of speech sounds, known as phonetics. (B. The passage continues to discuss other aspects of descriptive grammar, but the initial part directly addresses the question.)

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   Is 'do' used in declarative questions?

   • Do is not used in declarative questions. Declarative questions, which do not involve inversion and follow the word order typical of declarative sentences (statements), are quite common in spoken English. (c.f. 'What do you want?' is an inverted question, while 'Do you want something?' is a declarative question.)

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   • English grammar systems are considered notoriously complex and difficult to learn. However, in most English grammars, they receive a simplified treatment.

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   What is the use of there as a dummy subject?

   • In English grammar, 'there' is used as a dummy subject in so-called existential clauses. For example, 'There is nothing more refreshing than a cold shower.' (= Nothing more refreshing exists than a cold shower.) 'There’s nothing wrong,' is there? 'There was no doubt about the winning horse,' was there?

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   • In general, de-adjectival nouns denote nationality in English. A person of a certain nationality can be referred to using either a regular noun (e.g., Swede, Spaniard) or a de-adjectival noun (as in this film is for grown-ups only).

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   Declerck, R. Kaitakusha, 1991 - English language - 616 pages.

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   A comprehensive descriptive grammar of English. Renaat Declerck. 1991, Kaitakusha (Tokyo) See full PDF download Download PDF. Related papers. 15. Conversational and ...

   • Author: R. M. W. Dixon, Renaat DeClerck

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   A Comprehensive Descriptive Grammar of English. Table of Contents. Preface. v. Phonological Symbols. xiv. Abbreviations and Symbols. xv. Chapter 1 Introduction. 1.1. Linguistics. 1.2. Semantics. 4. 1.3. Morphemes. 6. 1.4. Words. 11. 1.5. Parts of speech. 13. 1.6. Syntax. 16. 1.7. Noun phrases. 27. 1.8. Prepositional phrases. 42. 1.9. Verb phrases.

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   This book is an extremely detailed and comprehensive examination of conditional sentences in English, using many examples from actual language-use.

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   Apart from introducing the full apparatus of terms and concepts used in descriptive linguistics, it offers a detailed description of the structure of English syntax, semantics and inflectional morphology. In doing so it devotes special attention to the English systems of tense, aspect and modality.

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   Sep 1, 1993 · This paper starts out from the observation that the semantic labels of ‘fact’ and ‘action’ (Lees 1968 [1960]) that are traditionally used in the description of English gerundive nominalizations (e.g.…. Expand. 24.