A Student's Introduction to English Grammar - Softcover

Huddleston, Rodney

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521612888 ISBN 13: 9780521612883

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521612888
• ISBN 13: 9780521612883
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320