A Student's Grammar of the English Language

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A Students Grammar of the English Language is a revised, shorter version of the acclaimed A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, developed with Geoffrey Leech and Jan Svartvik. This edition maintains the structure of the original, facilitating easy reference, while focusing on the needs of students seeking in-depth treatment and clear presentation with detailed examples. It incorporates the latest research in grammar and related fields such as semantics, pragmatics, and text linguistics. Discourse features are addressed throughout, particularly in a significant chapter titled "From Sentence to Text." The authors highlight grammatical distinctions between spoken and written language, as well as variations between formal and informal styles, and between British and American English. This work serves as an essential textbook for those requiring an advanced, authoritative description of contemporary English. Key topics include the English language framework, verbs and auxiliaries, the semantics of verb phrases, nouns and determiners, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, sentence types, coordination, complex sentences, and information processing. This comprehensive approach ensures that it will be a standard reference for students and scholars alike.