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An engaging and fresh take on the rules and politics of English grammar, written in lively prose. It goes a step further than most books on grammar by providing an overview of the field, with a discussion of historical and current debates about grammar, and how we define, discuss, and approach it. Presents a novel, inquiry-based approach to understanding speakers' unconscious knowledge of English grammar | Makes lucid connections, when relevant, with current linguistic theory | Integrates language change and variation into the study of grammar | Examines historical sources of socially…mehr
An engaging and fresh take on the rules and politics of English grammar, written in lively prose. It goes a step further than most books on grammar by providing an overview of the field, with a discussion of historical and current debates about grammar, and how we define, discuss, and approach it.
Presents a novel, inquiry-based approach to understanding speakers' unconscious knowledge of English grammar
Makes lucid connections, when relevant, with current linguistic theory
Integrates language change and variation into the study of grammar
Examines historical sources of socially evaluative perceptions of grammar, as 'good' or 'bad', and notions of language authority
Provides syntactic explanations for many modern punctuation rules
Explores some of the current controversies about grammar teaching in school and the role of Standard English in testing and assessment
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Autorenporträt
Anne Lobeck is Professor of English and Linguistics at Western Washington University. She is author of Ellipsis: Functional Heads, Licensing and Identification (1995) and Discovering Grammar: An Introduction to English Sentence Structure (2000), and is coeditor and co-author (with Kristin Denham) of several books, including Linguistics at School: Language Awareness in Primary and Secondary Education (2010).
Kristin Denham is Professor of English and Linguistics at Western Washington University. She is coeditor (with Anne Lobeck) of two volumes, including Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistic Knowledge into K-12 Teaching (2005) and co-author (with Anne Lobeck) of Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction (2010).
Inhaltsangabe
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1
Introduction
What is English? Language Change and Variation
What is Grammar?
Prescriptive Grammar
Descriptive Grammar
The Components of Grammar
Syntax
Morphology
Semantics
Phonetics and phonology
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 2
Introduction
Semantic Distinctions among Nouns
Abstract and concrete
Common and proper
Count and mass
Collective nouns
Generic nouns
Noun Morphology
Inflectional affixation
Plurals
Possessives
Derivational affixation
Other ways we form nouns
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 3
Introduction
Categories that Precede Nouns
Determiners
Noun Phrases without Determiners
Numerals
Quantifiers
Order of D, NUM, and Q
Partitive, Measure, and Collective Noun Phrases
Possessive Noun Phrases
NP or N: pronoun substitution
Modifiers of Nouns
Adjectives that modify nouns
Nouns that modify nouns
Verbs that modify nouns
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 4
Introduction
Main Verbs
Main Verb Morphology
Derivational affixation and other ways we form verbs
Inflectional affixation
Infinitives
Present Tense
Past Tense
What about Future Tense?
Present and Past Participles
Suppletion
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 5
Introduction
Auxiliary Verbs
Auxiliary have
Auxiliary be
Main Verb have and be
Modals
Semi-modals
Verb strings with auxiliaries and modals
Aspect
Progressive aspect
Perfect aspect
Habitual aspect
Passive Voice and the Passive Verb String
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 6
Introduction
The Independent Clause
The Subject Position
Subjects of passive sentences
Pleonastic subjects
The Complement Position
Direct Objects
Other complements
The Tense Position
Subject-Auxiliary Inversion
Tag question formation
Negation
Diagramming Verb Strings
Do insertion
Main Verb be Raising
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 7
Introduction
Adjective Semantics
Adjective Morphology
Derivational affixation and other ways we form adjectives
Participial adjectives
Inflectional affixation: comparative and superlative adjectives
Adjective Syntax
Modifiers of adjectives
Adjective Phrase positions
Adjective phrases as prenominal and postnominal modifiers
Adjective phrases as subjective complements
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 8
Introduction
Adverb Semantics
Adverb Morphology
Derivational affixation and other ways we form adverbs
