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One Language, Two Grammars?: Differences between British and American English
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| Added by: bukka | Karma: 785.36 | Grammar, Non-Fiction, Linguistics | 13 December 2009 |
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 One Language, Two Grammars?: Differences between British and American English
It is well known that British and American English differ substantially in their pronunciation and vocabulary - but differences in their grammar have largely been underestimated. This volume focuses on British-American differences in the structure of words and sentences and supports them with computer-aided studies of large text collections. Present-day as well as earlier forms of the two varieties are included in the analyses. |
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 The dictionary that helps students write and speak natural-sounding English, now in a new edition with CD-ROM.
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 Proposes a fresh theory of argument structure. Babby puts forward the theory that this set of arguments (the verb's 'argument structure') has a universal hierarchical composition which directly determines the sentence's case and grammatical relations. |
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 Analysing English Sentences provides a concise and clear introduction to current work in syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. Andrew Radford outlines the core concepts and leading ideas and how they can be used to describe various aspects of the syntax of English. |
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Teaching The Spoken Language
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| Added by: bagirchik | Karma: 250.69 | Only for teachers, Linguistics | 6 December 2009 |
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Teaching the Spoken Language is about teaching the spoken language.
After a description of the features of spoken English, this text considers how they differ from the features of written language. The text describes practical techniques for teaching listening comprehension and speaking, which apply to ESL and foreign languages as well as English. |
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