A Student's Advanced Grammar of English (SAGE)

Whatever kind of high-level language user you are - college or university student, serving language teacher, or advanced school learner - A Student's Advanced Grammar of English (SAGE) offers you support, information, and further training. SAGE is a reference work as well as a programmed refresher course with exercises on the accompanying website, and a structured teaching aid. It serves as a spot-check in specific cases of uncertainty. But it also answers broader queries and provides comprehensive insights into the major structural areas of English. Its concern is not simply grammar, but above all usage.SAGE is easy to comprehend and non-specialist in method. All grammatical terminology is explained in a simple and straightforward manner. On the other hand, SAGE takes account of current research in language studies. In catering especially for the user with a native German background, SAGE treats many areas of English from a contrastive point of view, highlighting those phenomena which cause typical problems in a German-based learning context.The second edition has been thoroughly revised.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

Chapter 1 Introduction - Elements of English001 On grammar002 The character of English003 Some basic concepts in language studyChapter 2 Nouns2.1 Basic features: introduction004 Main grammatical features005 Main semantic features2.2 From singular to plural006 Regular plural formation007 Irregular plural formation008 Number, countability and meaning: details of use2.3 The genitive009 The s-genitive: form and syntax010 The of-genitive: form and syntax011 The genitive in general use012 Some specific uses of the genitive013 Summary: s-genitive and of-genitive in contrast2.4 Noun forms014 Common suffixes015 Prefixes016 Compound nouns017 Compound nouns: summary and points of difficulty018 Some other processes of noun formationChapter 3 Pronouns, Determiners and Quantifiers3.1 Pronouns019 Main grammatical features020 Pronoun types3.2 Determiners021 Main grammatical and semantic features022 Determiner types3.3 Quantifiers023 Main grammatical and semantic features024 Distributives025 Indef inite quantifiersChapter 4 Adjectives026 Basic features027 The syntax of adjectives028 Adjective meaning and adjective grammar029 Adjective forms030 Aspects of usage031 ComparisonChapter 5 Adverbs032 Basic features033 Adverb meaning034 Adverb formsChapter 6 Prepositions035 Basic features036 Individual prepositions and their meaningsChapter 7 Conjunctions037 Basic features038 Individual conjunctions and their meanings039 Conjunction clauses and sentence syntaxChapter 8 Verbs: Basic Features, Syntax and Forms040 Basic features041 Syntax: the verb in the sentence042 Forms of verbsChapter 9 Verbs: The Present and Past Tenses043 Overview044 The primary non-perfect tenses and their aspectsChapter 10 Verbs: The Perfect Tenses045 Introduction046 The present perfect047 The past perfectChapter 11 Verbs: Future and Conditional Meaning, Indirect Speech, the Passive11.1 Future meaning048 Introduction049 The forms of future reference11.2 Conditional meaning050 Introduction051 Conditional meanin g and conditional forms11.3 Indirect (reported) speech052 Introduction: direct and indirect speech053 The forms of indirect speech11.4 The passive voice054 Introduction: active and passive voice055 Forming and using the passiveChapter 12 Verbs: Modal Verbs056 Modal verbs: types and forms057 Modal meaningsChapter 13 Verbs: Non-finite Verbs058 Basic features13.1 The infinitive059 Forms060 Infinitive constructions13.2 The gerund061 Form, syntax, general meaning062 Gerund constructions13.3 The participles063 Form, syntax, general meaning064 The participles in useChapter 14 Phrase and Clause at Complex Level14.1 The complex phrase065 Introduction066 Postmodification in the noun phrase067 Complex adjective and prepositional phrases14.2 Aspects of the complex sentence068 Forms and functionsIndex