This handbook provides an authoritative, critical survey of current research and knowledge in the grammar of the English language. Following an introduction from the editors, the volume's expert contributors explore a range of core topics in English grammar, beginning with issues in grammar writing and methodology. Chapters in part II then examine the various theoretical approaches to grammar, such as cognitive, constructional, and generative approaches, followed by the chapters in part III, which comprehensively cover the different subdomains of grammar, including compounds, phrase structure, clause types, tense and aspect, and information structure.
This volume is the most comprehensive reference work to date on Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG). The authors provide detailed and extensive coverage of the analysis of syntax, semantics, morphology, prosody, and information structure, and how these aspects of linguistic structure interact in the nontransformational framework of LFG.
The volume will be an invaluable reference for graduate and advanced undergraduate students and researchers in a wide range of linguistic sub-fields, including syntax, morphology, semantics, information structure, and prosody, as well as those working in language documentation and description.
New design: updated, clear and simple with 100% new photos. New structure: 100% new readings, 80% new activities, all integrated in each thematic units as well as more Writing production. New contextualisation: a spiral structure helps contextualise learning, linguistic content and activities. New Projects: each new project can be achieved online or offline. Students will be guided about how to achieve their goals throughout the units. New CLIL and CULTURE sections: every 2 units, one page on social and cultural themes. Students relate to their own experience and local reality.
