Modular grammar postulates several autonomous generative systems interacting with one another as opposed to the prevailing theory of transformational grammar where there is a single generative component – the syntax – from which other representations are derived. In this book Jerrold Sadock develops his influential theory of grammar, formalizing several generative modules that independently characterize the levels of syntax, semantics, role structure, morphology and linear order, as well as an interface system that connects them.
The GMAT Ultimate Grammar Book covers all the GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) topics that you need to master before taking the verbal section on the GMAT. Whether English is your native language and you want to brush up or as a non-native speaker you are just learning the rules of English grammar, this comprehensive book can walk you through the basics and systemmatically work your way to an advanced level of the English language sentence structure.
The podcasts will help you to improve your English vocabulary and pronunciation and your listening skills. There are two short (3 to 5 minutes) podcasts every week, in clearly spoken English.Many of them are linked to grammar and vocabulary notes, or to exercises or quizes.
Gwynne's Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English
Anxious about apostrophes? In a pickle over your pronouns and prepositions? Fear not—Mr. Gwynne is here with his wonderfully concise and highly enjoyable book of grammar. Within these pages, adults and children alike will find all they need to rediscover this lost science and sharpen up their skills. Mr. Gwynne believes that happiness depends at least partly on good grammar—and Mr. Gwynne is never wrong.
Wolfgang Wildgen presents three perspectives on the evolution of language as a key element in the evolution of mankind in terms of the development of human symbol use. The results of this study allow for new proposals for a 'protolanguage' and for a theory of language within a broader philosophical and semiotic framework, and raises interesting questions as to human consciousness, universal grammar, and linguistic methodology.
