New Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Grammar

Wed Jun 6 22:12:08 UTC 2007

A Comparative Reference Grammar of Bosnian / Croatian / Serbian

      Author: Danko Sipka (Danko.Sipka at asu.edu, 
http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka)
      ISBN: 978-1-931546-31-7
      Publisher: Dunwoody Press
      Year Published: 2007
      Detail: 740 pages

      This grammar is laid out as a comprehensive yet user-friendly
reference for beginning to intermediate English learners. The basic grammar
text gives rules in a form of DECISION-TREES, tables and figures. Longer
lists of exceptions are provided in the appendices. Most sections are
divided into a STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTION and a CONTRASTIVE SECTION. Features
that contrast with English are elaborated in detail. Along with the sections
containing grammatical information in a narrower sense (PHONOLOGY with
PROSODY, INFLECTIONAL and LEXICAL MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX), the grammar contains
practical META-GRAMMATICAL information such as that on the ORTHOGRAPHY and
the use of PRAGMATIC OPERATORS, which the learner will need in everyday
communication. Main differences between standard and substandard grammatical
forms are also provided.

      Three principal theoretical approaches deployed in the grammar include
MINIMAL INFORMATION GRAMMAR, the application of DECISION THEORY in modeling
language structures, and COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS. They were used in the first
stage of preparing the text, followed by the application of a user friendly
interface.

      An overarching goal of this grammar is to equip its users with the
heuristics which will enable a swift learning process and easy solutions to
any problem in the use of the language.

      Publisher's page: http://www.dunwoodypress.com/products/-/246

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