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Making sense : the glamorous story of English grammar /
World-renowned linguist David Crystal rids grammar of its undeserved reputation as a dry yet intimidating subject. Grammar poses a special challenge because of a centuries-old history of educational practice that taught the 'how' but not the 'why' of grammar. He confronts these b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press : New York,
Oxford ;
[2017]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction; Not knowing grammar: a student's tale; Not knowing grammar: a child's tale
- 1. First steps in grammar; Keyword: sentence; Interlude: The first grammarians-- 2. Second steps: the big picture; Keywords: subject and predicate
- 3. Second steps. the small picture; Keyword: syntax
- 4. Third steps: combining big and small; Keyword: phrase
- 5. Inside the words; Keyword: morphology; Interlude: The first English grammarian
- 6. Talking about mouses; Keywords: parts of speech (word classes).
- Interlude: Learn by heart
- 7. What sentences do; Keyword: functions; Interlude: The first modern English grammarian
- 8. Sentence building; Keywords: elements and roles; Interlude: Grammatically precocious
- 9. Story time; Keyword. clause
- 10. Connecting; Keyword: connectives; Interlude: Did the teddy bear chase the elephant?
- 11. Talking about grammar; Keyword: metalanguage; Interlude: Victorian playfulness
- 12. Up with which we will not put; Keyword. prescriptive; Interlude: A shocking faux pas
- 13. Clarity and weight; Keyword: weight; Interlude: Redistributing weight
- 14. Clarity and order.
- Keyword: order
- 15. Grammar and meaning; Keyword: semantics; Interlude: Real and unreal ambiguity
- 16. Grammar and effect; Keyword: pragmatics
- 17. Structure and use together; Key phrase: two sides of a coin; Interlude: Define dog
- 18. A sense of style; Keyword: style
- 19. Grammar on the job; Sports commentary; Breaking the rules
- 20. Explanations; An example: binomials
- 21. Grammatical change
- now; Keyword: corpus; Interlude: Pluralsy
- 22. Grammatical change
- then; Old English; Middle English; Early Modern English; Interlude: Thou vs you
- 23. Into living memory (almost); Two centuries ago.
- A century ago keyword: hypercorrection
- 24. Going transatlantic; Nouns; Verbs; Adjectives and adverbs; Prepositions; Not a big deal; Interlude: Another pretty little Americanism
- 25. Going global; If you saw a sign in a metro station saying 'Mind the gaps'?; If you heard someone say 'Where you going, la?'; If you read in an examination paper 'A schoolboy was knocked down by a speeding car. My father picked him. He rushed him to hospital.'; If you heard someone say 'I'm after giving him a lift'; If you heard someone say 'She's been admitted in a hospital'; Interlude: A good good example.
- 26. Grammar online grammatical change online?; Blends
- 27. Back from the grave; Grammar returns
- almost
- 28. Why the delay?; Do as I say; The importance of context; Interlude: Do as I say
- government level
- 29. A top ten for the future; Epilogue; An appendix on teaching and testing; The role of language acquisition; Grammar across the language-teaching professions; Bridging the gap; What is it and what does it do? Identifying and illustrating; Trying it out and practicing; Listening; Speaking; Testing; Avoiding the awkward; References and further reading; History of Grammar.