An introduction to grammar for language learners /
Don Ringe.
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, c2018.
- xiii, 219 pages ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219).
1 - Introduction 2 - Sentences, clauses, and their verbs 3 - Subjects 4 - Noun phrases; Number 5 -Pronouns and subject-verb agreement 6 - Direct objects; Case 7 - Double-object verbs 8 - "Linking" verbs; Adjectives 9 - Personal pronoun systems 10 - Possession 11 - Possession, 12 - Gender, concord, and non classifications 13 - Case systems and adpositions : the latin system 14 - Tense, aspect, and auxiliary verbs : the english verb system 15 - Tense, aspect, and mood : the spanish verb system 16 - The latin verb system 17 - The Hebrew verb system : aspect and derivation 18 - The Navajo verb system : aspect, tense, mood, and derivation 19 - The Mandarin verb system : aspect and serial verbs 20 - Negation 21 - Question
Learning a foreign language is much easier when it is approached with knowledge of language structure ('grammar'), but many students find grammar mystifying. This text explains points of grammar straightforwardly using examples from several widely-studied languages, including English, so that students can see how the same principles work across different languages, and how the structures of different languages correspond both formally and functionally. The use of concrete examples makes grammar less abstract and easier to grasp, allowing students to relate what they are learning to knowledge that they already possess unconsciously; it simultaneously brings that knowledge up to a conscious level.
In English text.
978-1-108-44123-0 (paperback)
Grammar, Comparative and general. Language and languages--Study and teaching.