Two Grammatical Models of Modern English: The Old and the New from A to Z - Hardcover

Stuurman, Frits

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415047439 ISBN 13: 9780415047432

Publisher: Routledge, 1990

Synopsis

This book focuses on two major traditions in the study of modern English grammar: "old grammar" in the great tradition of Sweet, Poutsma, Kruisinga, Curme, Jespersen and Quirk; and "new grammar" in applications to modern English of Chomskyan generative syntax. The purpose of the book is to promote the study of modern English grammar through proper acquaintance with both these two specific approaches; and in general to proote positive evaluations of "pluriformity" in modern English grammar. The author provides presentations of the two traditions, and of their mutual relations and perceptions and argues against the view that the one approach to grammar may "use" the other. The book the two approaches as essentially incompatible; "old" grammar proceeds inductively and aims at comprehensive coverage of facts; "new" grammar is deductive and attempts to attain depth in its accounts of pertinent facts. As the case studies show, both approaches make contributions to the study of modern English grammar - precisely provided they retain their own distinctive natures. The core of the book is its A-Z case studies. These are detailed comparisons, arranged alphabetically by title for ease of reference, of 26 problems in Modern English grammar, from both the "old" and the "new" viewpoints.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415047439
• ISBN 13: 9780415047432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320