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Elly van Gelderen, "An Introduction to the Grammar of English"

John Benjamins Publishing Company
Elly van Gelderen
ENGLISH
ISBN: 9027232709, 902721168X
232 pages
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It has been eight years since "An Introduction to the Grammar of English" was first published. The
second edition is completely revised and greatly expanded, especially where texts, example
sentences, exercises, and cartoons are concerned. It continues to provide a very lively and
clearly written textbook. The book introduces basic concepts of grammar in a format which
inspires the reader to use linguistic arguments. The style of the book is engaging and examples
from poetry, jokes, and puns illustrate grammatical concepts. The focus is on syntactic analysis
and evidence. However, special topic sections contribute sociolinguistic and historical reasons
behind prescriptive rules such as the bans on split infinitives, dangling participles, and preposition
stranding. The book is written for undergraduate students and structured for a semester-long course.