English Grammar: An Outline

1. Preliminaries 2. The parts of speech: a preliminary outline 3. Verbs 4. The structure of kernel clauses 5. Tense, aspect and modality 6. Nouns and noun phrases 7. Adjectives, determinatives and numerals 8. Adverbs and prepositions 9. Clause type 10. Negation 11. The subordination of clauses 12. Thematic systems of the clause 13. Coordination.