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Navigating English Grammar
By Anne Lobeck
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Description
The authors use grammar as a springboard to discuss semantics and morphology; how usage and sentence structure affects style in writing; abbreviated style in the digital age; and the syntax of poetry, fiction, and other genres. Along the way they give examples and analysis of texts. Among other controversies, the authors delve into the sociopolitical aspects of grammar rules, the subjectivity of pet peeves and grammar police, the changing ways grammar has been taught, and how assessment and a changing educational climate has influenced this. They also lay out the fascinating history of the linguistic tradition, from the Sanskrit grammar of Panini (c. 520-460 BCE), sometimes considered a founder of linguistics, to the ancient Greeks, the development of the Western tradition, and through the rise of 'correct' English grammar in the 17th century to the present day.
Navigating English Grammar is an engaging and fresh take on the rules and the politics of English grammar, written in lively, inviting prose.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
304
Release Date:
2013-09-23
Publication Date:
2013-09-13
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1405159944
ISBN13:
9781405159944
Weight:
522 g
Height:
170 cm
Width:
244 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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