An Introduction to the Grammar of English: Revised edition - Softcover

Gelderen, Elly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 902721168X ISBN 13: 9789027211682

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2010

Synopsis

It has been eight years since An Introduction to the Grammar of English was first published. The second edition is completely revised and greatly expanded, especially where texts, example sentences, exercises, and cartoons are concerned. It continues to provide a very lively and clearly written textbook. The book introduces basic concepts of grammar in a format which inspires the reader to use linguistic arguments. The style of the book is engaging and examples from poetry, jokes, and puns illustrate grammatical concepts. The focus is on syntactic analysis and evidence. However, special topic sections contribute sociolinguistic and historical reasons behind prescriptive rules such as the bans on split infinitives, dangling participles, and preposition stranding. The book is written for undergraduate students and structured for a semester-long course. It provides exercises, keys to those exercises, and sample exams. It also includes a comprehensive glossary. A basic website will be kept up at http://www.public.asu.edu/~gelderen/grammar.htm.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 902721168X
• ISBN 13: 9789027211682
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 254