TABLE OF CONTENTS

Bruce D. Despain

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Introduction
  1. The Analysis of Language
    1. A Formal Grammar
    2. Grammatical Structures
  2. The Sentence
    1. Analyzing the Sentence & Its Use
    2. Kinds of Sentences & Tools of Analysis
    3. Sentence Syntax & Paraphrase
    4. Sentence Components I
    5. Sentence Components II
    6. Sentence Components III
    7. The Independent Clause — Compound Sentences
    8. Conjoined Words and Phrases
  3. The Argument System
    1. The Nominal
    2. The Declarative Noun Clause
    3. The Interrogative and Indefinite Noun Clauses
  4. The Determiner System
    1. The Determiner Phrase
    2. The Quantifier
    3. The Adjective Clauses
  5. The Predicate & Verbal Systems
    1. Interpreting the Predicate
    2. The Verbal Phrase
    3. The Adverb Clause of Degree
    4. The Adverb Clause of Manner
    5. The Adverb Clauses of Place and Time
    6. Adverb Clauses of Cause, Purpose, Condition, Concession, and Justification
  6. Dependent Clause & Predicate Phrase Reduction
    1. Comparison and Manner Clauses Reduced
    2. The Noun Clause As an Infinitive Phrase
    3. Other Clauses As an Infinitive Phrase
    4. The Participial Phrase
    5. Reduced Predicate Phrases
  7. Appendixes
    1. Bibliographic References
    2. Biographical Information on Authors of Corpus Sentences
    3. Summary of Rules
    4. Glossary & Index of Terms