The Oxford Library of English Usage (Vol 1: A Practical English Grammar; Vol 2: The Oxford Spelling Dictionary; Vol 3: A Dictionary of Modern English Usage) (3 Volumes Boxed) - Hardcover

A. J. Thomson; A. V. Martinet; R.E. Allen; Henry W. Fowler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198631170 ISBN 13: 9780198631170

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1991

Synopsis

This is a boxed set of three volumes, quarter bound in bonded leather. The three volumes in the set, retitled as I "Usage", II "Grammar", and III "Spelling", are "A Dictionary of Modern English Usage" by H.W.Fowler (2nd edition revised by Sir Ernest Gowers), "A Practical English Grammar" 4th edition by A.J.Thompson and A.V.Martinet, and "The Oxford Spelling Dictionary" compiled by R.E.Allen. The text of each book will remain unchanged.

About this title

Review:

'The strength of the book is that examples from classroom research are used to demonstrate how meta-language about grammar and meaning can be included, rather than added separately, in a content lesson to support language development... Chapters 3 and 4 contain many valuable subject-based examples, used with both young and adolescent learners... This volume is a welcome addition to work taking this view on how language development is involved in content learning. ...this book is valuable both to TESOL students and practitioners already familiar with a functional approach and to those whose thinking and practice is moving in that direction.' (Applied Linguistics)

From the Back Cover:

Thomson and Martinet's classic intermediate grammar for foreign learners is the most widely used book of its kind. It is popular because its explanations are clear and because it deals thoroughly with the topics which students find most difficult.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0198631170
• ISBN 13: 9780198631170
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 1446
• Editor: Ernest Gowers