A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles
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A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles

Volume 7. Syntax

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A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles

Volume 7. Syntax

About this book

This book is the seventh and last volume of that great work by Otto Jespersen the first volume of which was published in 1909. This volume looks at English Syntax including subjects such as sentence structure, word classes, word order, cases, comparison and determination.

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General Index

A.
a see Indef. Article.
Abbreviated Sentences 3.31 ff.
about 4.85.
above 4.85.
'Absolute' pronouns 7.53.
Abstracts, gender 5.83, 5.86.
according to, — as l.55.
accordingly 1.56, 2.52.
Accusative 6.l3 ff.
ache, -ache with a 12.61 with zero 12.67.
act vb, obj with typical the 14.21.
actor, actress 5.33.
Actuality 2.12.
Address, zero 15.11, 15.14, the 15.12 f., adj & subst 15.14.
Adjective, formation 1.3, and advs 1.54, primaries with of 9.32, in junction 13,21, primaries 14.8, with the 14.81 ff., before proper names 16.6, quantifiers 17.91. — Cf Comparative, Comparison, Superlative.
Adjective-subjunct 1.54(b).
Adjunct, no sex 5.13.
Adverbs, formation 1.5, word-order 2.41 ff., style-tertiaries 2.62 ff., of time, word-order 2.67, sentence-struc-ture 2.74, word-order 2.75, with vb 2.76, complemental 2.87, comparison of, 10.4, in -ly 10.42, in junction 13.21, superlative advs with the 14.74.
after 4.85, 18.42.
aftermost, aftmost 10.56.
again 2.52, 2.73, 17.32.
Agent-noun with genitive 9.25, & past ptc. (zero) 12.85.
ago with tertiary 8.42.
air, the, 14.14.
alder- 11.87.
Alford 4.51.
all 17.4 ff., 17.92, all of 9.91 f., all the before compar. 14.62, before superl. 14.75, all (the), all morning 14.86, all but 17.43, all the difference 17.43, — Cf and.
Alliterative phrases with zero 12.84 ff.
All-representative use of a 12.56.
Almighty, the, 14.84.
alongside (of) 9.63.
among 4.85.
an see and, Indef. Article.
Anaphoric repetition 2.37, pronouns 4.42, it 4.62.and in numerals 17.14, fifty and
odd 17.22, all and .., .. and all 17.42, (still) and all 17.44, an(d), an(d) if 18.35.
and-combinations, notional subj 6.41, nexus 6.44, in obj 7.42, in subj 7.54, in tertia-ries 8.9, gradual increase 11.64, with zero 12.84.
angel, gender 5.3.
Animals, names of, gender 5.4, pronoun 5.6 ff., of or genitive 9.44, generic the 14.34.
Animate 5.9.
Answer, inarticulate 3.61.
Anticipatory it 4.63 ff., there 3.13....

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Full Title
  4. Copyright
  5. PREFACE
  6. Contents
  7. ABBREVIATIONS AND LIST OF BOOKS QUOTED IN VOLS. II-VII
  8. I. Word-Classes
  9. II. Sentence-Structure and Word-Order
  10. III. Sentence-Structure. Concluded
  11. IV. Person
  12. V. Sex and Gender
  13. VI. Case
  14. VII. Case in Pronouns (Continued)
  15. VIII. Case in Nouns
  16. IX. Case (Continued)
  17. X. Comparison
  18. XI. Comparison (Continued)
  19. XII. Determination and Indetermination (The Articles)
  20. XIII. Articles before Junctions
  21. XIV. Stage Two The Definite Article
  22. XV. Stage Three. Zero
  23. XVI. Proper Names
  24. XVII. Quantifiers
  25. XVIII. Mood
  26. TECHNICAL TERMS
  27. GENERAL INDEX