ISBN: 978-80-244-5486-3 | ISBN online: 978-80-244-5490-0 | DOI: 10.5507/ff.19.24454863

Form and Functions in English Grammar

Ludmila Veselovská


The monograph illustrates the language specific realization of plausibly universal principles of language structure. The study attempts to cover the most basic (regular) parts of English grammar as a whole consistently, within a single compatible framework, but at the same time to present empirically based arguments in favour of specific analyses. She utilizes as often as possible standard scientific argumentation leading to the most generally accepted and best supported analysis of the chosen phenomena. The study is intended for Czech academic audience and therefore it also contains several typologically relevant comparison of English and Czech structures.

1. edition, Published: 2019, online: 2019, publisher: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Křížkovského 8, 771 47 Olomouc



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