New Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Grammar

[Danko Sipka]

English-speaking students who are learning BCS as the title "... Grammar OF 
Bosnian / Croatian / Serbian" clearly suggests.

Best,

Danko

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Helen Halva" <hhalva at MINDSPRING.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] New Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Grammar


> dumb question, I know:   "beginning to intermediate English 
> learners":-----is this for English-speaking students who are learning BCS, 
> or for speakers of BCS who are learning English?
> Thanks!
> HH
>
>
> At 03:12 PM 6/6/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>>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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