- Paperback: 152 pages
- Publisher: Longman; 1 edition (20 July 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0582305314
- ISBN-13: 978-0582305311
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 14.4 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 138,314 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This well-established standard textbook deals with areas of the English language which are well-known `trouble spots' for the foreign learner: tense, progressive and perfect aspects, mood and the modal auxiliaries.
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This new updated third edition confirms Professor Leech's pre-eminence in the field. The book is still the clearest and most authoritative statement of meaning in the verb phrase, and the revised extended treatment of modality and mood constitutes a new standard for English language study. The writing is clear, precise and combines complexity with accessibility. Descriptive linguists, applied linguists, critical discourse analysts, teachers and students of the English language across the world will continue to reach for this book again and again. Professor Peter Stockwell, University of Nottingham
This new edition, taking into account recent studies on English grammar, is elaborately organized with lucid and insightful descriptions of the relationship between form and meaning - indispensably valuable work that will no doubt greatly benefit teachers and students of English as a second/foreign language. Professor Miyazaki Akio, Mie University, Japan
Every language has its peculiar problems of meaning for the foreign learner. In the English language, some of the biggest yet most fascinating problems are concentrated in the area of the finite verb phrase: in particular, tense, aspect, mood and modality.
Meaning and the English Verb describes these fields in detail for teachers and advanced students of English as a foreign or second language. This new third edition uses up-to-date examples to show differences and similarities between American and British english, reflecting a great deal of recent research in this area. It also takes account of the subtle changes which are taking place in the language today.
In print for over 30 years, Meaning and the English Verb has established itself as a recognised authority on the meaning and use of verb constructions in English. This updated third edition will ensure that it remains an invaluable text for teachers and students of English worldwide.
Geoffrey Leech is Emeritus Professor of English Linguistics at Lancaster University. He has published 20 books with Longman, including 'A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry' and 'A Communicative Grammar of English'.
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Beyond Idioms,
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This review is from: Meaning and the English Verb (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
I can dug up probability of ENGLISH as an exact science,like physics.Though Leech is a native speaker, he sees his own language through keen intuition. I could see the sape of a genuine scholar in him. Great achievment.
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This review is from: Meaning and the English Verb (3rd Edition) (Paperback)
The order arrived rather quickly, but what I wasn't expected was that the top of pages were uncut, so I had to do it myself, page by page, and the effect, you can imagine, was not extremely eye pleasing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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simply good,
By Kazuma - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Meaning and the English Verb (3rd Edition) (Paperback)
Exhaustive and inspiring, this is a monumental descriptive study on English verbs and their semantic aspects. For non-native English learners who have trouble understanding the bahaviors of English verbs, no other book could be more useful. The author, Geoffrey Leech, says in Introduction that one of the main causes that make English a difficult-to-learn lanaguge for non-natives is somewhat elusive behaviors of its verbs(or especially auxilialiy verbs), and my own experience(I am a non-native learner of English) strongly bolsters this view, because notwithstanding the fact that I have spent many years learning the language, I cannot comprehend the behaviors of many ordinary English verbs, far less those of auxiliary ones, and this to such a degree that still now, I cannot write a brief passage confidently without having it proofread by native speakers. Hence it is that this book, which analyzes closesly and elucidates exaustively the semantic aspects of basic English verbs, is a must for non-native learners-at least if they are to learn grammatically correct English.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent presentation, manageable length,
By Seasoned Writer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Meaning and the English Verb (3rd Edition) (Paperback)
Geoffrey Leech's book is an excellent reference tool that is concise and intelligently organized. It covers material you won't find in most style and usage guides. There's just enough information on each topic to make the coverage throrough but not overly complex. Difficult subjects, such as backshift, the subjunctive, and modality, are covered with clarity and sufficient detail. Whether you agree with every position or not, you'll find the treatment informative and useful. This book should be on the desk of anyone who wants to understand tense, mood, aspect, and the breadth of expression accessible through the use of English verbs.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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An insightful descriptive study,
By Greenboom - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Meaning and the English Verb (1st Edition) (Paperback)
This is a book that looks a grammar book about verbs but actually a significant study about verbal "semantics" and aspects of words. So it is somewhat technical and it could be difficult to read it quickly. Nevertheless the descriptions of verbal usages are so suggestive for ordinary people, not students on linguistics, as to understand the correct way of speaking and writing the English words, which have a lot of difficult faces. I expect other books concerning verbs to be as descriptive as this work by Professor Leech.
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