A Communicative Grammar of English

A Communicative Grammar of English has long been established as a grammar innovative in approach, reliable in coverage, and clear in its explanations. This fully revised and redesigned third edition provides up-to-date and accessible help to teachers, advanced learners and undergraduate students of English. Part One looks at the way English grammar varies in different types of English, such as 'formal' and 'informal', 'spoken' and 'written'; Part Two focuses on the uses of grammar rather than on grammatical structure and Part Three provides a handy alphabetically arranged guide to English grammar. A new workbook, The Communicative Grammar of English Workbook also accompanies this edition.

List of contents

Part One: A guide to the use of this book (Sections 1-56)
Part Two: Grammar in use (Sections 57-434)
Section A: Concepts
Section B: Information, reality and belief
Section C: Mood, emotion, attitude
Section D: Meanings in connected discourse
Part Three: A-Z in English grammar (Sections 435-747)

About the author

Geoffrey Leech
is Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at Lancaster University. Jan Svartvik is Professor of English at Lund University, Sweden.

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Leech, Jan Svartvik, Svartvik Jan
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.11.2015
• EAN: 9781138836891
• ISBN: 978-1-138-83689-1
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 240 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary, ELT grammar, vocabulary & pronunciation, LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language