English Grammar
1st Edition
Published on 19. March 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-415-17410-7 (ISBN)
Description
English Grammar:
* helps users to understand grammatical concepts
* encourages the reader to practise applying newly discovered concepts to everyday texts
* teaches students to analyze almost every word in any English text
* provides teachers and students with a firm grounding in a system which they can both understand and apply.
* helps users to understand grammatical concepts
* encourages the reader to practise applying newly discovered concepts to everyday texts
* teaches students to analyze almost every word in any English text
* provides teachers and students with a firm grounding in a system which they can both understand and apply.
Reviews / Votes
'I found this neat workbook challenging, often puzzling, ultimately rewarding. A fresh broom making short shrift of my cobwebs! I see English grammar now in a new way. Hudson is refreshing in his indifference to ancient taboos, of split infinitives and the like. This is a stimulating book for practical class teaching and for use by individuals. It is recommended for lending stock.' - Language & LiteratureMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
262 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-17410-7 (9780415174107)
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Person
Richard Hudson is Professor of Linguistics at University College London, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the Language Workbooks Series Editor and his publications include Word Meaning (1995) and Teaching Grammar (1992).
Content
1. Word-classes: nouns and verbs 2. Noun expansions: heads, dependents and adjectives 3.Linking words: prepositions and coordinators 4.Subclassification: pronouns, determiners and other nouns 5. Verb expansions: subjects, objects, 'sharers' and adverbs 6. Verb chains: auxiliary and full verbs and finiteness 7. Fancy verb chains: to , that, not and clauses 8. Subordinate clause clues 9. Subordinate clause uses 10.Sentence and information: it, there, apposition and punctuation