Using corpus data and insights from current research, this book introduces students to syntactic patterns motivated by discourse and genre.
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Heidrun Dorgeloh is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Düsseldorf with many years of experience in teaching English syntax, discourse analysis, and the corpus-based study of language use. She has published books and journal articles on word order, syntactic variation, and genre and register.
Anja Wanner is the Enid H. Anderson Professor of English and an award-winning teacher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A syntactician by training, she teaches classes on the structure of English and grammar in use. She has published two monographs and two co-edited collections on English syntax, syntactic variation, and genre.
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