Grammar, Meaning, and Concepts

Name: Grammar, Meaning, and Concepts
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Meaning Beyond Syntax: Discourse and Conceptualization; Chapter 2 The Nuts and Bolts of Grammar; Chapter 3 The Basic Grammar for Mentioning People, Ideas, Values, Objects, Concepts, and Things: Nouns and Their Meanings in Discourse; Chapter 4 Referring to, Identifying, Specifying, Underspecifying, Possessing, and Quantifying Things, People, and Ideas in Discourse: Determiners; Chapter 5 Alternate Ways to Identify, Specify, Underspecify, Focus On, and Quantify Things, People, and Ideas in Discourse: Pronouns; Chapter 6 The Grammar of Events, States, Identities, Actions, Power, Control, and Spontaneity in Discourse: Verbs; Chapter 7 The Grammar of Time, Fact, Habit, Changeability, Permanence, Sequence, and Relevance in Discourse: Tense and Aspect; Chapter 8 The Grammar of Directives, Permissions, Obligations, Opinions, and Mitigations: Imperatives and Modals; Chapter 9 The Grammar of Agency, Control, Responsibility, Passivity, Non-Agencx