Syntactical mechanics : a new approach to English, Latin, and Greek / Bruce A. McMenomy
- Author:
- McMenomy, Bruce Alan, 1954-
- Published:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2014.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 210 pages ; 24 cm.
- Series:
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Eight Parts of Speech---All Eleven of Them -- Names -- Doing and being -- How, when, where, and why -- Language glue -- Herbs and spices -- ch. 2 The Parts of a Sentence -- The two main parts -- Predication -- Two kinds of predication -- Two kinds of being -- Two kinds of clause -- Three kinds of independent clause -- Three kinds of sentence -- Three kinds of subordinate clause -- Phrases that aren't clauses -- ch. 3 Adverbial Clauses---Every Which Way -- An overview of adverbial clauses -- Cause and effect -- Why? -- To what purpose? -- So what? -- When and if: Time and contingency -- Doing or keeping time -- If and then -- Even if -- Where? -- How and how much? -- How...! -- ch. 4 Adjectival Clauses---Relatively Speaking -- The normal relative clause -- Restrictive versus nonrestrictive relatives -- Relative clauses that act like conditions -- Connecting relatives -- ch. 5 Noun Clauses---Form and Substance -- The slippery boundaries of substantive clauses -- Indirect discourse of all sorts -- Indirect discourse in English -- Indirect statement in English -- Indirect question in English -- Indirect command in English -- Indirect discourse in Latin -- Indirect statement in Latin -- Indirect question in Latin -- Indirect command in Latin -- Indirect discourse in Greek -- Indirect statement in Greek -- Indirect question in Greek -- Indirect command in Greek -- Concluding thoughts about indirect discourse -- ch. 6 Interlude---Some Historical Linguistics -- ch. 7 Verbs---The Engine Itself -- What a verb is marked for -- Person -- Number -- Tense and aspect -- The imperfect system -- The perfect system -- The aorist tense and system -- The aorist and the perfect in Latin -- Aspect in the Greek verb -- Mood -- Indicative -- Subjunctive -- Optative -- Imperative -- Infinitive: Not quite a mood -- Gerund: The other side of the infinitive -- Gerunds and infinitives in English, Latin, and Greek -- Participle: Also not quite a mood -- Voice -- Active -- Passive -- Middle -- Phantoms: Deponents and semi-deponents -- ch. 8 Nouns---Substantives and Adjectives -- What names are marked for -- Gender -- Number -- Case -- English cases -- Cases in Greek, Latin, and PIE -- Nominative -- Genitive -- Ablative -- Instrumental and associative -- Dative -- Accusative -- Locative -- Vocative -- The individual constructions -- Place, space, and time -- Place -- Personal source -- Space -- Time -- Comparison -- Instrumentality -- Manner -- Objects of verbs, direct and indirect -- Objects of prepositions -- Latin prepositions -- Greek prepositions -- Possession: Belonging and owning -- The partitive -- Material, measure, and quality -- Relation -- Respect -- Cause -- Adverbial accusative -- Cognate accusative -- Agency with passive verbs -- The absolute: A tentative interpretation -- ch. 9 Verbal Nouns and Adjectives -- Nouns -- Infinitives -- Gerunds -- The mighty participle -- Not quite participles -- Dangling participles and why they're (sometimes) funny -- Latin: The limited participle -- Greek: The unlimited participle -- Attributive participles -- Circumstantial participles -- Supplementary participles -- Participles in indirect discourse -- ch. 10 Pronouns -- A summary of the types of pronouns -- Personal pronouns -- Demonstrative pronouns -- Weak demonstratives -- Another use for the definite article -- Strong demonstratives -- "Persons" of the strong demonstratives -- Here and there in time -- Possessive pronouns -- Reflexive personal pronouns -- Reflexive possessive adjectives -- Reciprocal pronouns -- Intensive pronouns -- Interrogative pronouns and adjectives -- Indefinite pronouns -- Relative pronouns -- Correlative pronouns -- ch. 11 Other Little Words -- Articles -- Particles -- Prepositions -- Conjunctions -- Interjections -- ch. 12 Concluding Remarks -- Annotated Bibliography -- English grammar -- Latin grammar -- Greek grammar -- Indo-European and comparative studies.
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- ISBN:
- 9780806144948 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0806144947 (pbk. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-203) index.
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