Angela Downing and Philip Locke, English Grammar: A University Course, Second Edition. London, New York and Toronto: Routledge, 2006.
'Routledge are to be congratulated for publishing this greatly revised edition of Angela Downing and Philip Locke's Grammar , now entitled English Grammar: A University Course . In my Preface I welcomed enthusiastically the first edition as an innovative course in Systemic Functional Grammar. Now what we have is a greatly revised work with the advantage of insights from recent research in corpus linguistics, studies in sociolinguistic interaction and discourse, genre analysis and cognitive linguistics. As such, this new and more comprehensive Grammar will sit well with a range of contemporary English language courses and programs, from those more functionally text-based to those exploring the interface between lexico-grammar and interaction. It will, I am confident, continue to be of the utmost value to researchers and practitioners. ' - Christopher N. Candlin, Senior Research Professor, Linguistics, Macquarie University.
'This new version of the Downing and Locke grammar will serve not only as a course book for new generations of advanced students of English, but also as a reference source for students, teachers and researchers looking for a detailed treatment of English grammar which integrates structural, functional and cognitive perspectives into a coherent and satisfying whole'- Christopher Butler. Honorary Professor, University of Wales, Swansea.
Used both as a text-book and a reference book, it provides the linguistic basis for courses and projects on translation, contrastive linguistics, stylistics, reading and discourse studies, in addition to courses on syntax and semantics. It is particularly suitable for those whose native language is not English. 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
• exercises and topics for individual study
• answer key for analytical exercises
• comprehensive index
• select bibliography
• suggestions for further reading.
2006: 640pp
Hb: 0-415-28786-3
Pb: 0-415-28787-1
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