Cobuild Grammar Chart

	concepts		propositions		circumstances		development		text
	1 Concept Identification	2 Concept Building	3 Message Building	4 Author and Message	5 Timing	6 Manner and Place	7 Reporting	8 Expansion	9 Cohesion	10 Tactics
discourse	nominalization		expression of attitudes		narrative		expression of complicated meanings		evaluation language about language
sentence					simple sentence	simple sentence	compound sentence: report structures	compound sentence: combination of clauses	complex sentence	tags clefts conventions theme and focus
clause	subjects objects	comparison	simple clauses transitivity complementation verbless clauses	mood negation modality	tense aspect time	location clauses	direct speech report clauses other that clauses	clause types	ellipsis	passivization it/there clauses
group	noun group	noun group	verb group	verb group	adjuncts of time	other adjuncts
word	nouns pronouns determiners	adjectives numbers quantifiers partitives	verbs	modal verbs negative words	adverbs of time, frequency, duration	adverbs of place, manner prepositions place names	reporting verbs that, wh-words	conjunctions	linkers sentence adverbs	focussing adverbs vocatives
morpheme	noun inflections	adjective inflections	verb inflections			adverb inflections

Note: the tinted areas of the chart feature the main concerns of each Chapter, as well as illustrating the overall progression through the Grammar.

Contents of Chapter 1

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Contents 1

Editorial team 6

Introduction 6

Note on Examples 10

Guide to the Use of the Grammar 11

Glossary of grammatical terms 13

Cobuild Grammar Chart 21

Contents of Chapter 1 22

1 Referring to people and things 26

Introduction to the noun group 26

Identifying people and things: nouns 28

Things which can be counted: count nouns 29

Things not usually counted: uncount nouns 31

When there is only one of something: singular nouns 33

Referring to more than one thing: plural nouns 34

Referring to groups: collective nouns 36

Referring to people and things by name: proper nouns 37

Nouns which are rarely used alone 38

Sharing the same quality: adjectives as headwords 39

Nouns referring to males or females 40

Referring to activities and processes: '-ing' nouns 41

Specifying more exactly: compound nouns 42

Referring to people and things without naming them: pronouns 44

Referring to people and things: personal pronouns 44

Mentioning possession: possessive pronouns 47

Referring back to the subject: reflexive pronouns 47

Referring to a particular person or thing: demonstrative pronouns 48

Referring to people and things in a general way: indefinite pronouns 49

Showing that two people do the same thing: reciprocal pronouns 51

Joining clauses together: relative pronouns 51

Asking questions: interrogative pronouns 52

Other pronouns 53