Grammar

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Swan, Michael (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press , c2005
Series:Oxford introductions to language study
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. What is grammar?
  • 2. From simplicity to complexity: word classes and structures
  • 3. Grammar in the world's languages
  • 4. Grammar and vocabulary
  • 5. Grammar in spoken and written text
  • 6. Grammar and language change
  • 7. Grammar in society: 'correctness' and standardization
  • 8. Grammar in the head