Grammar: A Student's Guide

Thisintroductoryguidetogrammarexplainsonehundredbasicgrammaticalterms.Aknowledgeofsuchterms,andhowtheyinterconnect,iscrucialforanunderstandingofthestructureandfunctionoflanguage.Theexplanationsarelistedalphabeticallyforeasyreference,likeadictionary,butoffermuchmorethanasimpledefinition.Eachentryisdividedintosections,providingaclearexplanation,examples,exercises,andhighlightingthemaincontrastsandinterrelationshipsbetweentheterms.Manyentriescontaina'forinterest'sectionwhichsetsoutfurtherfascinatingpoints,oftendrawingonsomeofthemoreexoticlanguagesoftheworld,ordiscussingimportantcontemporaryissues,suchasdialects,standardlanguage,andsexisminlanguage.Clearlywrittenandeasytouse,thisbookwillbeaninvaluablesourceofinformationforstudentsoflanguageandlinguistics.