Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English (Grammar Reference)
Biber, Prof Douglas and Conrad, Dr Susan and Leech, Geoffrey
ISBN 10: 0582237262 ISBN 13: 9780582237261
Published by Longman, 2002
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Synopsis:
- Examines patterns of use in the news, fiction and academic English
- Takes grammar and vocabulary together and looks at how they interact
- Is based on the analysis of 40-million words of British and American, written and spoken corpus text
- Uses over 3000 examples of real, corpus English to illustrate the points
- Uses frequency tables and graphs to make the new findings of this grammar clear
About the Author:
Douglas Biber is Professor of Applied Linguistics (English Department) at Northern Arizona University. His books and articles deal with language use in spoken and written discourse.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and ...
Publisher: Longman
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Used; Good