The Penguin Dictionary of English Grammar

The Penguin Dictionary of English Grammar PDF Author: Robert Lawrence Trask
Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
This is a succinct guide to the grammatical laws and idiosyncrasmies that govern the English language. It focuses on current usage.

A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics

A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics PDF Author: R.L. Trask
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134884206
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
This dictionary of grammatical terms covers both current and traditional terminology in syntax and morphology. It includes descriptive terms, the major theoretical concepts of the most influential grammatical frameworks, and the chief terms from mathematical and computational linguistics. It contains over 1500 entries, providing definitions and examples, pronunciations, the earliest sources of terms and suggestions for further reading, and recommendations about competing and conflicting usages. The book focuses on non-theory-boumd descriptive terms, which are likely to remain current for some years. Aimed at students and teachers of linguistics, it allows a reader puzzled by a grammatical term to look it up and locate further reading with ease.

The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style

The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style PDF Author: Paul W. Lovinger
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
ISBN: 9780142000465
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 491

Book Description
Features more than one thousand primary entries, along with more than two thousand examples of questionable style and the misuse of language, providing valuable lessons for students, writers, and speakers.

The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar

The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar PDF Author: Sylvia Chalker
Publisher: OXFORD University Press
ISBN: 0192800876
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 472

Book Description
English grammar has changed a great deal since the beginning of the Twentieth Century, and it is a subject that can provide a complex minefield of uncertainties within the language. This accessible and comprehensive dictionary comes to the aid of both the general reader and the student or teacher, offering straightforward and immediate A-Z access to 1,000 grammatical terms and their meanings. All the currently accepted terms of grammar are included, as well as older, traditional names, controversial new coinages, and items from the study of other languages. Concise definitions of the wider subject of linguistics, including phonetics and transformational grammar, are accompanied by examples of language in use, and frequent quotations from existing works on grammar.

The Penguin Guide to Punctuation

The Penguin Guide to Punctuation PDF Author: R L Trask
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141991585
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
The Penguin Guide to Punctuation is indispensable for anyone who needs to get to grips with using punctuation in their written work. Whether you are puzzled by colons and semicolons, unsure of where commas should go or baffled by apostrophes, this jargon-free, succinct guide is for you.

The Penguin Dictionary of Proverbs

The Penguin Dictionary of Proverbs PDF Author: Rosalind Fergusson
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
ISBN:
Category : Proverbs
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
Compiles approximately 6,000 different proverbs organized by thematic headings such as beauty, love, or weather.

The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar

The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar PDF Author: Bas Aarts
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191079006
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 464

Book Description
The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar is a straightforward and accessible A-Z guide to the diverse and often complex terminology of English grammar. It contains over 1,600 entries with clear and concise definitions, enhanced by numerous example sentences, as well as relevant quotations from the scholarly literature of the field. This second edition is written and edited by Professor Bas Aarts of University College London, writer of the acclaimed Oxford Modern English Grammar. It has been fully revised and updated, with particular attention paid to refreshing the example sentences included within the text. There are over 150 new entries that cover current terminology which has arisen since the publication of the first edition, and there are also new entries on the most important English grammars published since the start of the 20th century. Hundreds of new cross-references enhance the user-friendly nature of the text, and the list of works cited has been thoroughly updated to reflect the current state of the field. A short appendix of web links has been added. All in all, this Dictionary is an invaluable guide to English grammar for all students and teachers of the subject, as well as all those with an informed interest in the English language.

The Penguin Dictionary of Language

The Penguin Dictionary of Language PDF Author: David Crystal
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
A comprehensive, authoritative A-Z of everything the general reader (and the linguist) needs to know about language, languages, linguistics, grammatical and literary concepts.
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