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Cambridge grammar of English : a comprehensive guide : spoken and written English grammar and usage / Ronald Carter and Michael McCarthy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006Description: x, 973 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521581664
  • 9780521581660
  • 0521588464
  • 9780521588461
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 425 22
Contents:
Introduction to the Cambridge Grammar of English -- From word to grammar: an A-Z -- Spoken language -- Introduction to grammar and spoken English -- From utterance to discourse -- From discourse to social contexts -- Grammar and discourse -- Grammar across turns and sentences -- Grammar and academic English -- Word and phrase classes -- Introduction to word classes and phrase classes -- Nouns -- The noun phrase -- Nouns and determiners -- Pronouns -- Verbs -- Verb phrase 1: structure of verb phrases -- Verb phrase 2: tense and aspect -- Types of verb -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Adjectives and adjective phrases -- Adverbs and adverb phrases -- Prepositions and particles -- Prepositions and prepositional phrases -- Word formation -- Word structure and word formation -- Sentence and clause patterns -- Introduction to sentences and clauses -- Verb complementation -- Clause types -- Clause combination -- Adjuncts -- Time -- Present time -- Past time -- Future time -- Notions and functions -- Modality -- Speech acts -- Questions -- Negation -- Condition -- Comparison -- Information packaging -- Word order and focus -- The passive -- Speech representation -- Appendices -- Word clusters and grammar -- Punctuation -- English spelling -- Numbers -- Referring to the time -- Units of measurement -- Nationalities, countries and regions -- Irregular verbs -- North American English grammar.
Summary: "A major new reference grammar offering the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of spoken and written English based on real everyday usage. The Cambridge Grammar of English is a major reference grammar from the world's leading grammar publisher. Using ground breaking language research, it offers clear explanations of spoken and written English based on real everyday usage. A clear two-part structure makes the book particularly user-friendly. In the first section, A-Z entries give more attention to lexico-grammar and other language areas that tend to be neglected in grammar references. The second section covers traditional grammatical categories such as tense, clause structure and parts of speech."--Publisher's website.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 425 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A397779B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 931-935) and index.

Introduction to the Cambridge Grammar of English -- From word to grammar: an A-Z -- Spoken language -- Introduction to grammar and spoken English -- From utterance to discourse -- From discourse to social contexts -- Grammar and discourse -- Grammar across turns and sentences -- Grammar and academic English -- Word and phrase classes -- Introduction to word classes and phrase classes -- Nouns -- The noun phrase -- Nouns and determiners -- Pronouns -- Verbs -- Verb phrase 1: structure of verb phrases -- Verb phrase 2: tense and aspect -- Types of verb -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Adjectives and adjective phrases -- Adverbs and adverb phrases -- Prepositions and particles -- Prepositions and prepositional phrases -- Word formation -- Word structure and word formation -- Sentence and clause patterns -- Introduction to sentences and clauses -- Verb complementation -- Clause types -- Clause combination -- Adjuncts -- Time -- Present time -- Past time -- Future time -- Notions and functions -- Modality -- Speech acts -- Questions -- Negation -- Condition -- Comparison -- Information packaging -- Word order and focus -- The passive -- Speech representation -- Appendices -- Word clusters and grammar -- Punctuation -- English spelling -- Numbers -- Referring to the time -- Units of measurement -- Nationalities, countries and regions -- Irregular verbs -- North American English grammar.

"A major new reference grammar offering the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of spoken and written English based on real everyday usage. The Cambridge Grammar of English is a major reference grammar from the world's leading grammar publisher. Using ground breaking language research, it offers clear explanations of spoken and written English based on real everyday usage. A clear two-part structure makes the book particularly user-friendly. In the first section, A-Z entries give more attention to lexico-grammar and other language areas that tend to be neglected in grammar references. The second section covers traditional grammatical categories such as tense, clause structure and parts of speech."--Publisher's website.

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