A new approach to Eng-lish Grammar on semantic principles

A. Introduction: Orientation Grammatical sketch B. The semantic types: Noun, adjective and verb types Primary-A type verbs Primary-B type verbs Secondary verb types C. Some grammatical topics: I know that it seems that he'll make me want to describe her starting to say that she knows that it seems that ...: complement clauses I kicked at the bomb, which exploded, and wakened you up : transitivity and causatives The plate, which had been eaten off, was owned by my aunt : passives What sells slowly, but wears well? : promotion to subject She gave him a look, they both had a laugh and then took a stroll : GIVE A VERB , HAVE A VERB , and TAKE A VERB constructions list of adjective and verb types, with sample members.