An Introduction to the Grammar of English: Syntactic arguments and socio-historical background - Softcover

Gelderen, Elly Van

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9027225869 ISBN 13: 9789027225863

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2002

Synopsis

This Introduction provides a lively and clearly written textbook. It 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 structured for a semester-long course. It provides exercises, keys to those exercises, and sample exams. It also includes a comprehensive glossary and suggestions for further reading.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027225869
• ISBN 13: 9789027225863
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224