ANGELA DOWNING

Angela Downing, Philip LockeOriginally published by Prentice Hall in 1992, this text is now readily available from Routledge. This comprehensive up-to-date descriptive grammar is ideal for students o

This award-winning grammar course book provides the basis for linguistic courses and projects on translation, contrastive linguistics, stylistics, reading and discourse studies.Accessible and reader-friendly throughout, key features include:- Chapters divided into modules of class-length materials.- Each new concept clearly explained and highlighted.- Authentic texts from a wide range of sources, both spoken and written, to illustrate grammatical usage.- Clear chapter and module summaries enabling efficient class preparation and student revision.

This best-selling comprehensive descriptive grammar forms a complete course, ideal for all students studying English Language, whether on a course or for self-study.Broadly based on Hallidayan systemic-functional grammar but also drawing on cognitive linguistics and discourse analysis, English Grammar is accessible, avoiding overly theoretical or technical explanations.Divided into 12 self-contained chapters based around language functions, each chapter is divided into units of class-length material. Key features include:Numerous authentic texts from a wide range of sources, both spoken and written, which exemplify the grammatical description.Clear chapter and module summaries enable efficient class preparation and student revision.Extensive exercises with a comprehensive answer key.This new edition has been thoroughly updated with new texts, a more user-friendly layout, more American English examples and a companion website, providing extra tasks, a glossary and a teachers guide.This is the essential coursebook and reference work for all native and non-native students of English grammar on English language and linguistics courses.