Back to search results

The Cambridge grammar of the English language

Enlarge text Shrink text
  • Book

This book presents a new and comprehensive descriptive grammar of English, written by the principal authors in collaboration with an international research team of a dozen linguists in five countries. It represents a major advance over previous grammars by virtue of drawing systematically on the linguistic research carried out on English during the last forty years. It incorporates insights from the theoretical literature but presents them in a way that is accessible to readers without formal training in linguistics. It is based on a sounder and more consistent descriptive framework than previous large-scale grammars, and includes much more explanation of grammatical terms and concepts, together with justification for the ways in which the analysis differs from traditional grammar. The book contains twenty chapters and a guide to further reading. Its usefulness is enhanced by diagrams of sentence structure, cross-references between sections, a comprehensive index, and user-friendly design and typography throughout.

Title The Cambridge grammar of the English language / Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum in collaboration with Laurie Bauer [and others].
Publisher Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
Creation Date 2002
Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 May 2017).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1765-1778) and indexes.
Content Preliminaries -- Syntactic overview -- The verb -- The clause: complements -- Nouns and noun phrases -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Prepositions and preposition phrases -- The clause: adjuncts -- Negation -- Clause type and illocutionary force -- Content clauses and reported speech -- Relative constructions and unbounded dependencies -- Comparative constructions -- Non-finite and verbless clauses -- Coordination and supplementation -- Information packaging -- Deixis and anaphora -- Inflectional morphology and related matters -- Lexical word-formation -- Punctuation.
Extent 1 online resource (xvii, 1842 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language English
National Library system number 997011529647605171
MARC RECORDS
Tags

Have more information? Found a mistake?

More on this subject

Handbook of Amazonian languages. Volume 1, Amazonian languages. / editors, Desmond C. Derbyshire, Geoffrey K. Pullum.
Book
The Cambridge grammar of the English language / Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum ; in collaboration with Laurie Bauer [et al.].

Rodney D. Huddleston

Book
Recursion and human language [electronic resource] / edited by Harry van der Hulst.
Book

This may also interest you

Hollywood in the Holy Land: The Story of the First (and Last) “Matzah Western”

Hollywood in the Holy Land: The Story of the First (and Last) “Matzah Western”

The Western Billy Two Hats hit theaters in 1974. It starred Gregory Peck and Jack Warden, two Hollywood legends, alongside Desi Arnaz Jr., son of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, who was in a relationship at the time with superstar actress and singer Liza Minelli. But none of this helped. The movie rem

To the article on our blog
A Pilot and a President: Remembering Ezer Weizman

A Pilot and a President: Remembering Ezer Weizman

Ezer Weizman was a legendary Israeli figure who reached heights in the military (commander of the Israeli Air Force), government (Defense Minister) and state (President), with stories abounding of his patriotism, foresight and force of personality. Several people who worked closely with Weizman

To the article on our blog
World War II

World War II

World War II was the most destructive and deadly war in human history. The war officially began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Although the invasion of Poland is commonly seen as the first act of war, Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria and its occupation of Czechoslovakia i

More on this subject