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Beschreibung
In print for over 30 years, Meaning and the English Verb is an established and recognised authority on the meaning and use of verb construction in English. This updated third edition is an invaluable text for teachers and advanced students of English as a second language. The third edition takes into account the subtle changes which are taking place in the language today to provide a clear and precise guide to English.
In print for over 30 years, Meaning and the English Verb is an established and recognised authority on the meaning and use of verb construction in English. This updated third edition is an invaluable text for teachers and advanced students of English as a second language. The third edition takes into account the subtle changes which are taking place in the language today to provide a clear and precise guide to English.
Über den Autor

Geoffrey Leech is Emeritus Professor of English Linguistics at Lancaster University. He has published 20 books with Longman, including 'A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry' and 'A Communicative Grammar of English'.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Key to Sumbols
Preface to Third Edition
Introduction
1. Simple Present and Past Tenses
2. Progressive Aspect
3. The Expression of Past Time
4. The Expression of Future Time
5. The Primary Modal Auxillaries
6. Modality Continued
7. Indirect Speech
8. Mood: Theoretical and Hypothetical Meaning
Further Reading
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: IX
141 S.
ISBN-13: 9780582784574
ISBN-10: 0582784573
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Leech, Geoffrey N.
Auflage: 3. Auflage
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Longman Verlag im Verlag Pearson Deutschland GmbH, Sankt-Martin-Str. 82, D-81541 München, buchhandel@pearson.com
Maße: 234 x 156 x 9 mm
Von/Mit: Geoffrey N. Leech
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.12.2009
Gewicht: 0,243 kg
Artikel-ID: 102476564