The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language

Rodney Huddleston; Geoffrey K. Pullum

ISBN 10: 0521431468 / ISBN 13: 9780521431460

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2002

COVER (hardcover with dust jacket)- scratches, small tears, medium bends; minor stains, clean overall. PAGES- medium smudges on outside edge and blank areas inside front/back, slight stains on interior pages, clean overall; medium bends, minor tear on one page; no writing. Not ex-library. 1800+ pgs. Seller Inventory # 015816

Synopsis:

The definitive new grammatical description of international Standard English for contemporary specialists in the language.

About the Authors: Rodney Huddleston graduated from the University of Cambridge in Modern & Medieval Languages in 1960, and earned his PhD in Applied Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh in 1963. He held lectureships at the University of Edinburgh, University College London and the University of Reading, before moving in 1969 to the Department of English at the University of Queensland, where he worked until formally retiring in 1998. He was the winner of one of three `Excellence in Teaching' awards at the University of Queensland in 1988, and in 1990 was awarded a Personal Chair. He has written numerous articles and books on English grammar, including An Introduction to English Transformational Syntax (1976) and Introduction to the Grammar of English (1984), and was the founding editor of The Australian Journal of Linguistics (1980--1985).

Geoffrey K. Pullum earned his B.A. in Language at the University of York in 1972 and his Ph.D. in General Linguistics at the University of London four years later. After teaching at University College London for seven years he moved to the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he served as Dean of Graduate Studies and Research for six years and is currently Professor of Linguistics. He was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences in 1990–91. His numerous publications cover not only syntactic theory and English grammar but also on a large number of other topics in linguistics. His books include Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar (1985, with Gazdar, Klein, and Sag) and a collection of satirical essays on linguistics, The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax (1991).

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Book Type: Book