English Grammar: Prescriptive, Descriptive, Generative, Performance

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ISBN
9780205200252
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Publication Name
English Grammar : Prescriptive, Descriptive, Generative, Performance
Publisher
Longman Publishing
Item Length
9.1 in
Subject
Grammar & Punctuation, Composition & Creative Writing
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Frank Parker, Kathryn L. Riley
Item Weight
14.6 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
324 Pages
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English Grammar is for advanced undergraduates, graduates, and others who have a professional interest in language and English grammar. The intended audience consists of students who will make their living by analyzing and evaluating other people's language, including those preparing for professions in fields such as English, linguistics, education, communication, speech-language pathology, and ESL. The subtitle reflects the fact that there are four distinct approaches to English grammar, each covered in a separate section of the book. Prescriptive grammar emphasizes questions of usage. Descriptive grammar categorizes the parts of speech and sentence types in English. Generative grammar attempts to discover more abstract underlying regularities in syntax. And performance grammar explores the way that sentences and larger texts are actually processed by readers and listeners. English Grammar is designed to explain the history, goals, strengths, and weaknesses of each of these approaches, as well as to introduce readers to the major claims and findings of each one.

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Longman Publishing
ISBN-10
0205200257
ISBN-13
9780205200252
eBay Product ID (ePID)
791549

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Number of Pages
324 Pages
Publication Name
English Grammar : Prescriptive, Descriptive, Generative, Performance
Language
English
Subject
Grammar & Punctuation, Composition & Creative Writing
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Author
Frank Parker, Kathryn L. Riley
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
14.6 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6 in

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LCCN
98-012889
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
425
Lc Classification Number
Pe1112.R45 1998
Table of Content
Each chapter concludes with "Supplementary Exercises." Preface. Introduction: Four Conceptions of Grammar. I.PRESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR. 1.Before the Prescriptive Period. The Classical Period (500 BC-500 AD).The Middle Ages (500-1500 AD).The Renaissance (1500-1650). 2.The Prescriptive Period. In England (1650-1800).In the United States. 3.Prescriptive Rules. Representative Rules.Assumptions Underlying Prescriptive Rules.Degrees of "Correctness." II.DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR. 4.The Descriptive Period. The Historical-Comparative Period (1800-1900).Structuralism (1900-1950).Descriptivism versus Prescriptivism. 5.Identifying Parts of Speech. The Need for Structural Tests.Identifying the Form Classes.Identifying the Structure Classes. 6.Nouns and Pronouns. Subclasses of Nouns.Pronouns. 7.Verbs and Verb Phrases. Main Verb Forms.Predicate Types in English.The Auxiliary System.Aspect and Voice. 8.Modifiers of Nouns. Adjectives.Adjectival Nouns.Adjectival Prepositional Phrases.Adjectivals Based on Verb Forms.Relative Clauses. 9.Modifiers of Verbs. Adverbs.Adverbial Prepositional Phrases.Adverbial Verb Phrases.Adverbial Clauses. 10.Nominals. That -Clauses.Interrogative Clauses.Infinitives.Gerunds. III.GENERATIVE GRAMMAR. 11.Generative Theory. Standard Theory (1950-1980).Government and Binding Theory (1980-Present). 12.Standard Theory. Phrase Structure Grammar.Transformations. 13.Government and Binding Theory. X-Bar Syntax. Wh -Movement and NP-Movement.Constraints on Movement.Case.Binding. IV.PERFORMANCE GRAMMAR. 14.Development of Performance Theories. Early Appeal of Generative Grammar.Disillusionment with Generative Grammar.Chomsky's Legacy.Alternatives to Generative Grammar. 15.Sentence-Level Phenomena in Performance Grammar. Sociolinguistics.Psycholinguistics. 16.Discourse-Level Phenomena in Performance Grammar. Readability.Schemata and Scripts.Cohesion.Given and New Information.Thematic Roles. Glossary. References. Answers to Selected Exercises. Name Index. Subject Index.

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