本書集榮獲2004年度美國語言學會布龍菲爾德圖書獎(Leonard Bloomfield Book Award of the Linguistic Society of America)的《劍橋英語語法》(The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language) (2002) 之精華,在語言學理論的基礎上對語法范疇和語法規(guī)則作了科學、系統(tǒng)、嚴謹?shù)姆治黾瓣U釋,質(zhì)疑和批判了許多傳統(tǒng)語法觀,提出了一些新觀念。適用英語教師,英語專業(yè)研究生及本科生閱讀。本書:語言通俗易懂,分析深入淺出,且各章均附習題;提供網(wǎng)絡支持;在語言學理論的基礎上對語法作了全面而科學的解讀;質(zhì)疑和批判了某些傳統(tǒng)語法觀念;可提高學生的語言技能,為深入學習語言學知識打下堅定基礎。
Notational conventions Preface 1 Introduction 2 A rapid overview 3 Verbs, tense, complements, and adjuncts 4 Clause structure, complements, and adjuncts 5 Nouns and noun phrases 6 Adjectives and adverbs 7 Prepositions and preposition phrases 8 Negation and related phenomena 9 Clause type: asking, exclaiming, and directing 10 Subordination and content clauses 11 Relative clauses 12 Grade and comparison 13 Non-finite clauses and clauses without verbs 14 Coordination and more 15 Information packaging in the clause 16 Morphology: words and lexemes Further reading Glossary Index