Explaining English grammar

著者

• Yule, George

書誌事項

Explaining English grammar

George Yule

（Oxford handbooks for language teachers）

Oxford University Press, 1998

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [308]-321) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

For teachers, one of the most challenging student reactions to being taught grammar is this: 'I understand how to use this structure, but why do I have to use it?' In this book, George Yule focuses on the grammar topics that give rise to these why-questions. His explanations link form, meaning, and real-life use, and are supported throughout by exercises and discussion points.

目次

• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• Overview
• Basic Forms
• - On terminology
• - On being ungrammatical
• - On good English
• Basic meanings
• - 'I am more interesting in English Grammar'
• - Why can I say 'I shot the sheriff', but not *'I smiled the sheriff'?
• - Linguistic distance
• Meanings in context
• - Discussion topics and projects
• - Teaching ideas
• - Further reading
• 2. Articles
• Overview
• Basic forms
• - An article machine
• Basic meanings
• - Countability
• - Singular or plural?
• - Individuation
• - Conceptual structure: classifying and identifying
• Meanings in context
• - Already given: anaphoric and cataphoric (the)
• - Clearly given (zero article)
• - A note on a new article
• - Discussion topics and projects
• - Teaching ideas
• - Further reading
• 3. Tense and aspect
• Overview
• Basic forms
• - The basic structure
• Basic meanings
• - Tense
• - Aspect
• - Lexical aspect
• - Grammatical aspect
• Meanings in context
• - In a magazine article
• - In academic writing
• - In narratives
• - In a news report
• - In spoken discourse
• - Discussion topics and projects
• - Teaching ideas
• - Further reading
• 4. Modals
• Overview
• Basic forms
• - The simple modals
• Basic meanings
• - Epistemic modality
• - Root modality
• - Necessary and possible
• Meanings in context
• - The potential of can
• - The possibility of may
• - The necessity of must
• - The likelihood of will
• - The requirements of should
• - Negation and modals
• - Discussion topics and projects
• - Teaching ideas
• - Further reading
• 5. Conditionals
• Overview
• Basic forms
• - Factual conditionals
• - Predictive conditionals
• - Hypothetical conditionals
• - Counterfactual conditionals
• Basic meanings
• - What happens if ... ?
• - What will happen if ... ?
• - What would happen if ... ?
• - What would have happened if ... ?
• Meanings in context
• - Restating
• - Contrasting
• - Listing alternatives
• - Giving examples
• - End-weight
• - Uncertainty and politeness
• - Exceptional and concessive conditionals
• - Discussion topics and projects
• - Teaching ideas
• - Further reading
• 6. Prepositions and particles
• Overview
• Basic forms
• Prepositions
• Basic meanings: prepositions
• - Location in space
• - Location in time
• - Location in metaphor
• Particles
• Basic meanings: particles
• - Up and down
• - Off, on, out, and away
• Meanings in context
• - End-weight
• - Discussion topics and projects
• - Teaching ideas
• - Further reading
• 7. Indirect objects
• Overview
• Basic forms
• - Types of verbs
• - Basic structures: origins and pronunciation
• Basic meanings
• - Humans, transfer, and having
• - Transfer and not having
• - Creating, getting, and benefiting
• Meanings in context
• - End-weight
• - Linguistic distance
• - Discussion topics and projects
• - Teaching ideas
• - Further reading
• 8. Infinitives and gerunds
• Overview
• Basic forms
• Basic meanings
• - Group 1: verbs with only finite (that ...) complements
• - Group 2: verbs with only to-V non-finite complements
• - Group 3: verbs with only V-ing non-finite complements
• - Group 4: verbs with both to-V and V-ing complements
• Meanings in context
• - Noun-like events
• - Verb-like actions
• - Deny and refuse
• - Types of verbs
• - Linguistic distance
• - Discussion topics and projects
• - Teaching ideas
• - Further reading
• 9. Relative clauses
• Overview
• Basic forms
• - Subject relatives
• - Object relatives
• - After-preposition relatives
• - Possessive relatives
• - Basic structures
• Basic meanings
• - Who, which, that
• - Where, when, why
• Meanings in context
• - Introducing new information
• - Connecting with given information
• - End-weight
• - Discussion topics and projects
• - Teaching ideas
• - Further reading
• 10. Direct and indirect speech
• Overview
• Basic forms
• Basic meanings
• - Direct speech as drama
• - Indirect speech as narrative
• - Summarized reports
• - Reporting verbs
• - 'The teachers were saying ...'
• Meanings in context
• - Free indirect discourse
• - Constructed dialogue
• - Discussion topics and projects
• - Teaching ideas
• - Further reading
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Answers to exercises
• Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA39889159
• ISBN:
  • 0194371727
  • 9780194371728
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Oxford
• ページ数/冊数: xv, 333 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 分類:
  • DC21 : 425
• 件名:
  • LCSH : English language -- Grammar -- Study and teaching
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA21220825