Advanced English Grammar,3rd Edition - H
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Advanced English Grammar

A Linguistic Approach, 3rd Edition

By Ilse Depraetere and Chad Langford

  1. Glossary
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  7. > F
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  10. > I
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  26. > Y
  27. > Z
  28. Online Exercises
  29. > Chapter 1
  30. > Chapter 2
  31. > Chapter 3
  32. > Chapter 4
  33. > Chapter 5
  34. > Chapter 6
  35. Answer Keys
  36. > Answer Key for Book Exercises
  37. > Answer Key for Online Exercises

Head

The head or headword of a phrase is the most important word in a phrase. It determines the syntactic category of the phrase it heads: the head of an NP is a noun; the head of VP is a verb; the head of an AdjP is an adjective, the head of a PrepP is a preposition and the head of an AdvP is an adverb. (AEG Ch. 1)

 

Headword, see head

 

Hypothetical Clause

A hypothetical clause is a clause that represents a situation as hypothetical. In AEG, the term hypothetical clause is used to refer to if-clauses that represent a present or future situation as possible: If it rains tomorrow, we'll cancel the match; If I caught a student cheating, the sanctions would be severe. (AEG Ch4; Ch5)