Description: Navigating English Grammar : A Guide to Analyzing Real Language, Paperback by Lobeck, Anne; Denham, Kristin, ISBN 1405159944, ISBN-13 9781405159944, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
An engaging and fresh take on the rules and politics of English grammar, written in lively prose. It goes a step further than most books on grammar by providing an overview of the field, with a discussion of historical and current debates about grammar, and how we define, discuss, and approach it.
- Presents a novel, inquiry-based approach to understanding speakers unconscious knowledge of English grammar
- Makes lucid connections, when relevant, with current linguistic theory
- Integrates language change and variation into the study of grammar
- Examines historical sources of socially evaluative perceptions of grammar, as good or bad, and notions of language authority
- Provides syntactic explanations for many modern punctuation rules
- Explores some of the current controversies about grammar teaching in school and the role of Standard English in testing and assessment
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Book Title: Navigating English Grammar : A Guide to Analyzing Real Language
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Name: Navigating English Grammar : a Guide to Analyzing Real Language
Language: English
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: Grammar & Punctuation, Linguistics / General
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Kristin Denham, Anne Lobeck
Item Length: 9.6 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
