American English Grammar

Rezensionen / Stimmen

"Notwithstanding the abundance of grammar books, we have a critical need for a unique text on American English that treats diversity as natural and is based on sentences and texts representing a full range of uses-from well-known, expert writers to online media and song lyrics. This is such a text as it guides students to see the language soul beyond the structure of sentences."

Walt Wolfram, William C. Friday Distinguished University Professor of English Linguistics, and Director, North Carolina Language and Life Project, North Carolina State University, USA

"I approach American English Grammar having had the benefit of learning from an earlier version of this textbook as an undergraduate. The foundation in analytical grammar that AEG provides allows the diligent student the tools needed to not just understand what we write, but how and why. The true strength of AEG is in its extensive examples and in how it encourages discussion and argumentation in classification. In my own educational career, while I was rarely called upon to diagram a sentence, I have often fallen back on the analytical training this text provides while in both the EFL and the college composition classroom. This more polished and updated edition, meant for students outside of Dr. Katz's classroom, will give a wider audience of future educators, authors, and readers the means to understand the underpinnings of American English."

Christopher Douglas, Associate Professor of English, Jacksonville State University, USA

Reviews for the first edition:

"Accessible and filled with tools, American English Grammar provides college-level students with the critical lenses to assess the rules which define the common varieties of AEG, including but not limited to Standard English. By explaining the grammatical rules that non-standard varieties follow, as well as the arbitrary history of many Standard English rules, this book empowers students with descriptive tools to critically understand how the English language works and what makes one variety different from another. In short, this book gives students the tools and confidence to think like descriptive grammarians by making the study of English inclusive or multiple varieties of American English Grammar and of multiple interpretations of grammatical elements."

Kevin Thomas, "Review: Breaking Tradition to Teach Beyond the Standard: American English Grammar [1st ed.] by Seth R. Katz." Assembly for Teaching English Grammar (ATEG) Journal, 2021.

"Katz has succeeded in making a grammar textbook that meets the needs of English majors [...] American English Grammar is a worthy addition to the arsenal of tools a linguistics professor in an English department needs to support their students and coursework."

Mary Kohn, Kansas State University, in "American Speech" Vol. 97 Issue 4, USA