Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Curriculum Vitae of Rodney Desmond Huddleston xvii
6. The semantics of English quantifiers 1
7. Language, linear precedence and parentheticals 33
8. The English modifier well 53
9. The deictic-presentation construction in English 67
10. Relative clauses 81
11. Post nominal modifiers in the English noun phrase 93
12. Elliptical clauses in spoken and written English 111
13. On the nature of ? 127
14. Intransitive prepositions 133
15. Sentences, clauses, statements and propositions 149
16. Some interactions between tense and negation in English 177
17. The English accusative-and-infinitive construction 187
18. On the boundaries of syntax 229
19. Gerund participles and head-complement inflection conditions 251
20. Isolated if -clauses in Australian English 273
21. Functional and structural 295
22. Subject Index 323