coverprefacecontentspronunciation tableabbreviations and symbols1 - The English Language2 - A survey of English grammar3 - Verbs and auxiliaries4 - The semantics of the verb phrase5 - Nouns and determiners6 - Pronouns and numerals7 - Adjectives and adverbs8 - The semantics and grammar of adverbials9 - Prepositions and prepositional phrases10 - The simple sentence11 - Sentence types and discourse functions12 - Pro-forms and ellipsis13 - Coordination14 - The complex sentence15 - Syntactic and semantic functions of subordinate clauses16 - Complementation of verbs and adjectives17 - The noun phrase18 - Theme, focus, and information processing19 - From sentence to textAppendix I - Word-formationAppendix II - Stress, rhythm, and intonationAppendix III - PunctuationBibliographyIndex