A Course Book in English Grammar: Standard English and the Dialects - Couverture souple

Freeborn, Dennis

 
9780333624937: A Course Book in English Grammar: Standard English and the Dialects
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0333624939 ISBN 13 : 9780333624937
Editeur : Palgrave, 1995

Synopsis

The study of language in written texts and transcripts of speech is greatly helped by a student's abilityBB to identify and describe those prominent features of the grammar which make one variety of English different from another. A Course Book in English Grammar looks at many of the problems encountered by students and encourages them to find their own answers and to assess hypotheses about grammatical description. There are activities at each step, using authentic written and spoken data. Using 'real' texts avoids the faking of evidence to be found in some traditional grammar books, and interesting problems of analysis that arise in such texts are a source of useful discussion. The book has been thoroughly revised and expanded for this second edition, which contains additional chapters and material. A new opening chapter discusses the concept of 'grammatically correct English' and the differences between descriptive, prescriptive and proscriptive approaches to the writing of grammar books. The book is a systematic description of Standard English, and examples of contemporary spoken dialectal grammar are introduced and analysed to illustrate the differences between standard and nonstandard usage. A Course Book in English Grammar will prove invaluable to all students of English Language.

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À propos de l?auteur

DENNIS FREEBORN was Head of Language Studies at the College of Ripon and York St. John, UK, until 1984, and was Chief Examiner in English Language Studies for the London University Schools Examinations Board.

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Éditeur
Palgrave
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0333624939
ISBN 13 
9780333624937
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
368
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0333405676 ISBN 13 :  9780333405673
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 1987
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