A Communicative Grammar of English

by Jan Svartvik and Geoffrey N. Leech

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582506336
• ISBN13: 9780582506336
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.2"

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G. Leech and J. Svartvik wrote the first edition of this book, released in 1975. I used it as a University text in the late 1980s, and it sits prominent amongst my references in my office. Though the book is designed for advanced ESL students (at the University level), I am a native speaker of the language, and find the approach taken unique, but of greater value than many other style manuals. I refer to it before going to the Chicago Manual of Style or the MLA Style Manual. The authors look at the USES of grammar rather than the STRUCTURE of grammar. This is very useful for writers (like myself), teachers of ESL, advanced students of ESL, or those who need to learn how to communicate better (Engineers).