Dedication
Acknowledgements
To the Course Instructor
Preface
Ch. 1 Introduction 1
Ch. 2 Grammatical Metalanguage 13
Ch. 3 The Lexicon 29
Ch. 4 The Copula and Subject-Verb Agreement 53
Ch. 5 Introduction to Phrase Structure 79
Ch. 6 More Phrase Structure Rules 95
Ch. 7 The Tense and Aspect System 109
Ch. 8 Modal Auxiliaries and Related Phrasal Forms 137
Ch. 9 The Tense-Aspect-Modality System in Discourse 161
Ch. 10 Negation 183
Ch. 11 Yes/No Questions 205
Ch. 12 Imperatives 227
Ch. 13 Wh-Questions 241
Ch. 14 Other Structures That Look Like Questions 259
Ch. 15 Articles 271
Ch. 16 Reference and Possession 297
Ch. 17 Partitives, Collectives, and Quantifiers 325
Ch. 18 The Passive Voice 343
Ch. 19 Sentences with Indirect Objects 361
Ch. 20 Adjectives 381
Ch. 21 Prepositions 401
Ch. 22 Phrasal Verbs 425
Ch. 23 Nonreferential It and There as Subjects 443
Ch. 24 Coordinating Conjunction 461
Ch. 25 Adverbials 491
Ch. 26 Logical Connectors 519
Ch. 27 Conditional Sentences 545
Ch. 28 Introduction to Relative Clauses 571
Ch. 29 More on Relative Clauses 591
Ch. 30 Focus and Emphasis 611
Ch. 31 Complementation 629
Ch. 32 Other Aspects of Complementation and Embedded Clauses 663
Ch. 33 Reported Speech and Writing 687
Ch. 34 Degree - Comparatives and Equatives 717
Ch. 35 Degree - Complements and Superlatives 739
Ch. 36 Conclusion 757
Appendix: Answers to Exercises 761
Index of Names 830
Index of Languages and Language Groups 834
Index of Words and Phrases 835
Index of Topics 844