《A Linguistic Approach To English》

CHAPTER Ⅰ．WHAT IS LANGUAGE?1

Applications3

CHAPTER Ⅱ．SOUNDS:THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS4

Phonetics and Phonemics4

Segmental Phonemes5

Suprasegmental Phonemes11

Applications16

CHAPTER Ⅲ．HOW PHONEMES COMBINE TO MAKE MORPHEMES19

Morphemes19

The Four Form Classes21

The Structure words26

Applications35

CHAPTER Ⅳ．BASIC STATEMENT PATTERNS39

Applications46

CHAPTER Ⅴ．EXPANDING THE BASIC STATEMENT PATTERNS52

Noun Clusters52

Verb Clusters62

Applications68

CHAPTER Ⅵ．IMMEDIATE CONSTITUENTS AND SENTENCE MODIFIERS70

Immediate Constituents70

IC＇s of the Sentence72

IC＇s of Noun Clusters74

IC＇s of Verb Clusters77

IC＇s of P-Groups82

IC＇s of S-Groups85

Sentence Modifiers87

Verb Clusters88

S-Groups89

Applications91

CHAPTER Ⅶ．QUESTION AND REQUEST PATTERNS,AND OTHERS93

Question Patterns93

Request Patterns99

Vocatives101

Appositives101

Negatives102

Applications103

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY104

APPENDIX108

INDEX121