a discourse-based approach to english grammar Strauss, Susan G. creator Feiz, Parastou Xiang, Xuehua 1976- text bibliography nyu New York, NY Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group c2018 2018 monographic eng

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xii, 478 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Chapter 1 Meaning Beyond Syntax -- Discourse and Conceptualization / Susan Strauss Parastou Feiz Xuehua Xiang -- chapter 2 The Nuts and Bolts of Grammar / Susan Strauss Parastou Feiz Xuehua Xiang -- chapter 3 The Basic Grammar for Mentioning People, Ideas, Values, Objects, Concepts, and Things -- Nouns and Their Meanings in Discourse / Susan Strauss Parastou Feiz Xuehua Xiang -- chapter 4 Referring to, Identifying, Specifying, Underspecifying, Possessing, and Quantifying Things, People, and Ideas in Discourse -- Determiners / Susan Strauss Parastou Feiz Xuehua Xiang -- chapter 5 Alternate Ways to Identify, Specify, Underspecify, Focus On, and Quantify Things, People, and Ideas in Discourse -- Pronouns / Susan Strauss Parastou Feiz Xuehua Xiang -- chapter 6 The Grammar of Events, States, Identities, Actions, Power, Control, and Spontaneity in Discourse -- Verbs / Susan Strauss Parastou Feiz Xuehua Xiang -- chapter The Grammar of Time, Fact, Habit, Changeability, Permanence, Sequence, and Relevance in Discourse -- Tense and Aspect / Susan Strauss Parastou Feiz Xuehua Xiang -- chapter 8 The Grammar of Directives, Permissions, Obligations, Opinions, and Mitigations -- Imperatives and Modals / Susan Strauss Parastou Feiz Xuehua Xiang -- chapter 9 The Grammar of Agency, Control, Responsibility, Passivity, Non-Agency, and Non-Accountability -- Voice / Susan Strauss Parastou Feiz Xuehua Xiang -- chapter 10 The Grammar of Juxtaposing, Contrasting, Denying, Excluding, Contradicting, and Reversing -- Negation / Susan Strauss Parastou Feiz Xuehua Xiang -- chapter 11 The Grammar of Inquiry and Apparent Inquiry in Discourse -- Yes-No Questions, Wh- Questions, Alternative or Choice Questions, and Tag Questions / Susan Strauss Parastou Feiz Xuehua Xiang -- chapter 12 The Grammar of Situating Entities in Space, Time, and Abstractness, Hanging On, Burning Up, and Cooling Down -- Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs / Susan Strauss Parastou Feiz Xuehua Xiang -- chapter 13 The Exquisite Grammar of Descriptions—Being Bellicose or Bubbly, Feckless, or Fearless -- Adjectives / Susan Strauss Parastou Feiz Xuehua Xiang -- chapter 14 The Grammar of Connecting, Adding, Conjoining, Contrasting, Indicating Alternatives, and Expressing Stance -- Conjunctions / Susan Strauss Parastou Feiz Xuehua Xiang -- chapter 15 The Grammar of Exquisitely Evoking Events, How Things Happen, When Things Happen, If Things Happen, and How We Portray Such Views in Discourse -- Adverbs Susan Strauss, Parastou Feiz and Xuehua Xiang. Includes bibliographical references and index. ENH Discourse analysis Grammar 425 9781138785274 (pbk) 97811387852674 (hbk) 9781315767970 (ebk) Ayesha Abed Library BD-DhAAL 190331 20190331125946.0 34475