The Oxford Dictionary Of English Grammar (Oxford Paperback Reference) (Oxford Quick Reference) - Softcover

Chalker, Sylvia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192800876 ISBN 13: 9780192800879

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2000

Synopsis

This major new reference offers the general reader, student, and professional clear and immediate A-Z access to 1,000 grammatical terms and their meanings. All currently accepted terms are included, as well as traditional terms, more controversial newer terms, and terms belonging to linguistics. Each term is accompanied by a concise definition and detailed explanations, including examples of language in use and frequent quotations from existing texts.

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Review:

grammar as the total system of the language, embracing historical linguistics, phonetics, phonology, morphology and much else ... well defined and well illustrated with quotations from grammarians ancient and modern. (TLS)

Synopsis:

English grammar has changed a great deal since the beginning of the Twentieth Century, and it is a subject that can provide a complex minefield of uncertainties within the language. This accessible and comprehensive dictionary comes to the aid of both the general reader and the student or teacher, offering straightforward and immediate A-Z access to 1,000 grammatical terms and their meanings. All the currently accepted terms of grammar are included, as well as older, traditional names, controversial new coinages, and items from the study of other languages. Concise definitions of the wider subject of linguistics, including phonetics and transformational grammar, are accompanied by examples of language in use, and frequent quotations from existing works on grammar.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0192800876
• ISBN 13: 9780192800879
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464