02653nam 2200649 a 450 991045229360332120200520144314.097866113457921-281-34579-20-19-153004-21-4356-0698-1(CKB)1000000000479371(EBL)422556(OCoLC)437108822(SSID)ssj0000243925(PQKBManifestationID)11186035(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243925(PQKBWorkID)10164442(PQKB)11062714(MiAaPQ)EBC422556(Au-PeEL)EBL422556(CaPaEBR)ebr10233622(CaONFJC)MIL134579(EXLCZ)99100000000047937120051011d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA semantic approach to English grammar[electronic resource] /R.M.W. DixonRev. and enl. 2nd ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (562 p.)Oxford textbooks in linguisticsRev. ed. of: A new approach to English grammar on semantic principles. 1991.0-19-928307-9 0-19-924740-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [492]-502) and index.pt. A. Introduction -- pt. B. The semantic types -- pt. C. Some grammatical topics.This book shows how grammar helps people communicate and looks at the ways grammar and meaning interrelate. The author starts from the notion that a speaker codes a meaning into grammatical forms which the listener is then able to recover: each word, he shows, has its own meaning and each bit of grammar its own function, their combinations creating and limiting the possibilities for different words. He uncovers a rationale for the varying grammatical properties of different words. and in the process explains many facts about English - such as why we can say I wish to go, I wish that he would gOxford textbooks in linguistics.English languageGrammarEnglish languageSemanticsElectronic books.English languageGrammar.English languageSemantics.425Dixon Robert M. W110045Dixon Robert M. W110045MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452293603321A semantic approach to English grammar2256526UNINA