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The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar - Couverture souple

Chalker, Sylvia

 
9780198613145: The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0198613148 ISBN 13 : 9780198613145
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1994

Synopsis

English grammar is a complex minefield. This reference comes to the aid of both the general reader and the student or teacher, offering immediate, alphabetical access to 1000 grammatical terms and their meanings. All currently accepted grammatical terms used are included, as well as older, traditional names, many controversial new coinages, and items from the study of other languages, or the wider subject of linguistics, including phonetics and transformational grammar. The definitions are accompanied by detailed explanations including examples of language in use, and frequent quotations from existing works on grammar.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

English grammar has changed a great deal since the beginning of the Twentieth Century, and it is a subject that can provide a complex minefield of uncertainties within the language. This accessible and comprehensive dictionary comes to the aid of both the general reader and the student or teacher, offering straightforward and immediate A-Z access to 1,000 grammatical terms and their meanings. All the currently accepted terms of grammar are included, as well as older, traditional names, controversial new coinages, and items from the study of other languages. Concise definitions of the wider subject of linguistics, including phonetics and transformational grammar, are accompanied by examples of language in use, and frequent quotations from existing works on grammar.

Biographie de l'auteur

Edmund Weiner is co-editor of the OED, Second edition, and author (with Andrew Delahunty) of the Oxford Guide to English Usage. Sylvia Chalker is the author of Current English Grammar, and a contributor to the Oxford Companion to the English Language.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198613148
ISBN 13 
9780198613145
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
458
Coordonnées du fabricant
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