Author: Randolph Quirk
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1802

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An indispensable store of information on the English language, written by some of the best-known grammarians in the world.

Author: Elly van Gelderen
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027225869
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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This textbook introduces basic concepts of grammar in a format which should encourage readers to use linguistic arguments. It focuses on syntactic analysis and evidence. It also looks at sociolinguisic and historical reasons behind prescriptive rules.

Author: Rodney D. Huddleston
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780521527613
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1860

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This grammar for the 21st century combines clear grammatical principles with non-technical explanations of all terms and concepts used.

Author: Sidney Greenbaum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 504

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A shortened version of A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language especially aimed at students of grammar in colleges and universities, drawing on linguistic research and including coverage of the differences between written and spoken English and between British and American English.

Author: Martin J. Endley
Publisher: IAP
ISBN: 1617351709
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 531

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The proposed book is best described as a linguistically oriented textbook taking the grammar of English as its subject matter. It is directed to professional teachers of English (ESL and EFL) and their students, as well as those currently training to become teachers of English. The book is also likely to be of interest to interpreters, translators and other English language professionals. It will explore selected aspects and problem areas of English from a broadly “functional” linguistic perspective. My experience as a teacher and teacher trainer has shown me that this perspective has the potential to inspire teachers and students with a genuine enthusiasm for the grammatical features of English and that it often enables them to “make sense” of the grammar in a way that all too often other approaches signally fail to do. An important focus of the book is on understanding grammar as a series of conventionalized patterns rather than a set of rules (which is how grammar has traditionally been presented). Moreover, unlike many other grammar books, this book emphasizes how the grammatical constructions under consideration are employed in various types of communicative situation, attention being given to the importance of discourse context in interpreting the target forms. In line with contemporary linguists generally, the approach adopted is descriptive rather than prescriptive. While the main focus is on English, I offer occasional comments on how the issue under discussion is expressed in languages other than English. Apart from the inherent interest which I hope such comparisons may have for the reader, I take the view that these can be helpful in casting further light on the grammar of English.

Author: Renaat Declerck
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 311018589X
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 856

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Part of a four-volume series, "The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase", this book aims to provide a grammar of tense which can be used both as an advanced reference grammar (for example by MA-level or postgraduate students of English or linguistics) and as a scientific study which can act as a basis for and stimulus to further research.

Author: Martin Parrott
Publisher: Ernst Klett Sprachen
ISBN: 9783125337312
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 514

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Author: George Yule
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780194371728
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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This book is intended for teachers of English.

Author: Rodney Huddleston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009092731
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 421

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A new edition of a successful undergraduate textbook on contemporary international Standard English grammar, based on Huddleston and Pullum's earlier award-winning work, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (2002). The analyses defended there are outlined here more briefly, in an engagingly accessible and informal style. Errors of the older tradition of English grammar are noted and corrected, and the excesses of prescriptive usage manuals are firmly rebutted in specially highlighted notes that explain what older authorities have called 'incorrect' and show why those authorities are mistaken. Intended for students in colleges or universities who have little or no background in grammar or linguistics, this teaching resource contains numerous exercises and online resources suitable for any course on the structure of English in either linguistics or English departments. A thoroughly modern undergraduate textbook, rewritten in an easy-to-read conversational style with a minimum of technical and theoretical terminology.

Author: Martin Parrott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521885058
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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An invaluable resource helping teachers at all levels of experience to develop their understanding of English grammar. Grammar for English Language Teachers is designed to help practising and trainee teachers to develop their knowledge of English grammar systems. It encourages teachers to appreciate factors that affect grammatical choices, and evaluates the 'rules of thumb' presented to learners in course materials. Consolidation exercises provide an opportunity for teachers to test these rules against real language use and to evaluate classroom and reference materials.