Synopses & Reviews
This groundbreaking undergraduate textbook on modern Standard English grammar is the first to be based on the revolutionary advances of the authors' previous work, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (2002). The text is intended for students in colleges or universities who have little or no previous background in grammar, and presupposes no linguistics. It contains exercises, and will provide a basis for introductions to grammar and courses on the structure of English, not only in linguistics departments but also in English language and literature departments and schools of education.
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'... this grammar is a thought provoking book and a challenging read for grammarians working along more traditional or mainstream lines.' Moderna Sprak
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'... this book stands out as a remarkable achievement in both the descriptive and generative textbook tradition ...' Acta Linguistica Hungarica
Synopsis
A groundbreaking new textbook on English sentence structure for beginning students in colleges and universities.
Synopsis
A Student's Introduction to English Grammar is primarily for undergraduates wanting to understand English sentence structure. It corrects the mistakes of earlier grammatical tradition both in its terminology and analytical distinctions and in its treatment of the facts--it is modern, accurate and up to date in both. Based on the authors' highly acclaimed earlier work The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, and containing exercises and special usage notes, it will be useful anywhere the English language is taught, whether to native speakers or to advanced learners.
About the Author
Rodney Huddleston is a principal author of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (ISBN 0521431468) which won the 2004 Leonard Bloomfield Book Award of the Linguistic Society of America.Geoffrey K. Pullum is a principal author of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (ISBN 0521431468) which won the 2004 Leonard Bloomfield Book Award of the Linguistic Society of America.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. A rapid overview; 3. Verbs, tense, aspect, and mood; 4. Clause structure, complements, and adjuncts; 5. Nouns and noun phrases; 6. Adjectives and adverbs; 7. Prepositions and preposition phrases; 8. Negation and related phenomena; 9. Clause type: asking, exclaiming, and directing; 10. Subordination and content clauses; 11. Relative clauses; 12. Grade and comparison; 13. Non-finite clauses and clauses without verbs; 14. Coordination and more; 15. Information packaging in the clause; 16. Morphology: words and lexemes; Further reading; Glossary; Index.