Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics The Handbook of World Englishes is a collection of newly commissioned articles focusing on selected critical dimensions and case studies of the theoretical, ideological, applied and pedagogical issues related to English as it is spoken around the world. Represents the cross-cultural and international contextualization of the English language
Articulates the visions of scholars from major varieties of world Englishes - African, Asian, European, and North and South American
Discusses topics including the sociolinguistic contexts of varieties of English in the inner, outer, and expanding circles of its users; the ranges of functional domains in which these varieties are used; the place of English in language policies and language planning; and debates about English as a cause of language death, murder and suicide.
Of making many English grammars there is no end; nor should there be till theoretical scholarship and actual practice are more happily wedded. In this field much valuable work has already been accomplished; but it has been done largely by workers accustomed to take the scholar's point of view, and their writings are addressed rather to trained minds than to immature learners. To find an advanced grammar unencumbered with hard words, abstruse thoughts, and difficult principles, is not altogether an easy matter. These things enhance the difficulty which an ordinary youth experiences in grasping and assimilating the facts of grammar, and create a distaste for the study.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Historical Outline | Preliminary Definitions | The Alphabet | The English Orthographical System | ETYMOLOGY | Classification of Words—Definitions | Inflexion | Nouns—Common and Proper | Gender of Nouns | Number—Singular and Plural | Case—Nominative, Possessive, Objective Declensions in Anglo-Saxon and in Chaucer Adjectives.—Classification of Adjectives | Inflexion of Adjectives | Inflexion of Adjectives in Anglo-Saxon and in Chaucer | Comparison of Adjectives | Articles | Pronouns.—Classification of Pronouns | Personal Pronouns | Ancient Forms | Demonstrative Pronouns | Ancient Forms | The Relative Pronoun that | The Interrogative and Relative Pronouns | Inflexion of Who—Ancient Forms | Indefinite Pronouns | Distributive Pronouns | Reflective and Possessive Pronouns : Verbs—Transitive and Intransitive | Auxiliary Verbs | Active Voice and Passive Voice | Moods | Gerunds and Participles | Tenses | Number and Person | Conjugation of Verbs - Strong and Weak Verbal Inflexions in Anglo-Saxon and in Chaucer Shall, Will, May, Must, Can, &c. The Verbs Have, Be, and Do | Ancient Forms | Conjugation of a Verb at full length | Adverbs | Prepositions | Conjunctions | Interjections | COMPOSITION AND DERIVATION OF WORDS SYNTAX | Sentence—Subject—Predicate Relations of Words to one another | Subject and Predicate | Object | Complex Sentences | Summary of the Rules of Syntax | ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES | APPENDIX—Constituents of English PDF VERSION by Pumukl
A series of books which show learners what they get wrong and how to put it right. Learners test their English, check their answers, then test themselves again. Feedback on every answer means students really learn from their mistakes. How can it be used? * For self-study, * In the classroom. Key features: A test, answers with helpful tips, and a second test on the same topic in each four-page unit, Twenty topics in each book, Twenty 'Review' pages, leaving a mini reference book once all the tests have been completed, Written for self-study and also suitable for use in the classroom. Level: Intermediate SIZE REDUCED PDF by Pumukl
A series of books which show learners what they get wrong and how to put it right. Learners test their English, check their answers, then test themselves again. Feedback on every answer means students really learn from their mistakes.
