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Chapter
One : Levels of Thinking |
This
chapter discusses three levels of thinking:
Observation, Description, Explanation.
Concept Grammar works
at the Explanation
level of thinking (the highest).
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Chapter
Two : The Mechanism of Time |
The
cornerstone of Concept
Grammar is the mechanism
of time, a constant movement in which the future (+1)
changes to present
(0) and the present changes to past
(-1).
Since the mechanism of time is
a purely physical movement, it can be used to learn
any language. Chapter Two also discusses
some basic but important concepts
such as
Change and No
Change.
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Chapter
Three : The Past Perfect |
Chapter
three introduces the Past Perfect as a relationship
rather than a tense. The Past
Perfect is a relation
of order between two pasts, one takes place
before the other. The Past Perfect
is, therefore, a relation
of order between (-1) and (-2).
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Chapter
Four : Verb Components/The Present Perfect |
This
chapter introduces the four components of the verb,
namely Beginning,
Time, End,
Result or BTER.
This
chapter concludes with the two forms of the
Present Perfect:
BT or BTER.
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Chapter
Five : Continuation |
The
Present Continuous
is referred to in this chapter
as a relationship
rather than a tense.
The
Present
Continuous is
a relationship between the actor and the interactor
intersecting in the Time
or T
component of the verb.
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Chapter
Six : Verb Functions |
Chapter
six discusses three verb functions: Type of verb, Time
of verb, Relationship
of verb.
This
chapter concludes with a network of three
tenses ( Present,
Past,
Future )
and two relationships
( Perfect, Continuous
)
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Chapter
Seven : Word Order |
Word
Order refers to how
words are arranged to form a grammatically correct sentence.
SVO or
Subject
Verb
Object is
the Primary Word Order
in English or PWO.
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Chapter
Eight : The Passive Voice |
The
Passive Voice
represents the Secondary
Word Order in English
or SWO.
In This word order, the Subject and the Object
exchange positions giving the
word order OVS.
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Chapter
Nine : Verb Conjugations |
The
verb system is
discussed in detail in this chapter showing the functions
of each of the five conjugations.
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Chapter
Ten : Negation |
A
new concept, Sentence
Mode or SM,
is introduced here in two forms : Affirmative and Negative.
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Chapter
Eleven :
Interrogatives / Yes No |
Two
additional forms of Sentence Mode ( Statement
/ Interrogative
) are detailed in this chapter.
The interrogative mode requires a VSO
word order when in the Active
Voice and a VOS
word order when in the Passive Voice.
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Chapter
Twelve :
Wh-questions |
This
chapter discusses wh-questions
( information questions
) using a network of semantic
properties.
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