A Comprehensive Grammar Of The English Language
by Randolph Quirk /
1985 / English / PDF
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Description a comprehensive grammar of the english language is the mostthorough and most definitive grammar of modern english everwritten. Professors quirk, greenbaum, leech, and svartvik, who areacknowledged to be leading authorities in the field of englishlanguage, have made this the climax of twenty years ofcollaborative work. Building on the strength of their previouswork, especially a grammar of comprehensive english ? unchallengedsince its publication in 1972 as the standard reference work in thefield ? the authors have produced an even more comprehensive andperceptive synthesis of current grammatical description. They havedrawn collectively on the most recent research, including newfindings not only in grammar but also in the neighbouring fields ofsemantics, pragmatics, and text linguistics. Discourse features areprominent throughout, as well as being the theme of an entirechapter entitled 'from sentence to text'. The grammaticallyanalysed data in the survey of english usage, together with othercollections of material, both american and british, has againproved an invaluable source of new insights, and, equallyimportant, has provided authentic examples of use. Copious examplesfor clarification are a hallmark of the work of professors quirk,greenbaum, leech, and svartvik, and of course are of immense helpto all students and teachers of language, but particularly thosewhose first language is not english.
