New Benjamins title: Van Gelderen: Introduction to the Grammar of English. Revised edition.

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An Introduction to the Grammar of English


Revised edition


Elly van Gelderen
Arizona State University

2010. xxi, 232 pp.

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It has been eight years since An Introduction to the Grammar of 
English was first published. The second edition is completely revised 
and greatly expanded, especially where texts, example sentences, 
exercises, and cartoons are concerned. It continues to provide a very 
lively and clearly written textbook. The book introduces basic 
concepts of grammar in a format which inspires the reader to use 
linguistic arguments. The style of the book is engaging and examples 
from poetry, jokes, and puns illustrate grammatical concepts. The 
focus is on syntactic analysis and evidence. However, special topic 
sections contribute sociolinguistic and historical reasons behind 
prescriptive rules such as the bans on split infinitives, dangling 
participles, and preposition stranding. The book is written for 
undergraduate students and structured for a semester-long course. It 
provides exercises, keys to those exercises, and sample exams. It 
also includes a comprehensive glossary. A basic website will be kept 
up at 
<http://www.public.asu.edu/~gelderen/grammar.htm>http://www.public.asu.edu/~gelderen/grammar.htm. 



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Table of contents

Foreword
xi–xiii
Preface to the second edition
xv–xvi
Abbreviations
xvii
List of figures
xix
List of tables
xxi
Chapter 1. Introduction
1–11
Chapter 2. Categories
12–34
Chapter 3. Phrases
35–58
Review of Chapters 1-3
59–64
Chapter 4. Functions in the sentence
65–85
Chapter 5. More functions, of prepositions and particles
86–104
Chapter 6. The structure of the verb group (VGP) in the VP
105–123
Review of Chapters 4-6
124–131
Chapter 7. Finite clauses: Embedded and coordinated
132–148
Chapter 8. Non-finite clauses
149–163
Review of Chapters 7 and 8
164–168
Chapter 9. The structure of the PP, AdjP, AdvP, and NP
169–188
Chapter 10. Clauses as parts of NPs and AdjPs
189–204
Chapter 11. Special sentences
205–213
Review of Chapters 9 to 11
214–221
Glossary
222–228
References
229
Index
230–232


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"This is a book that is geared towards students who will not take 
many linguistics classes and who need a practical introduction to 
analyzing English sentences. What makes this book stand out are the 
author's conscious choices to keep the book student-friendly without 
oversimplifying the material that is discussed. [...] Van Gelderen's 
focused contribution to the textbook shelf for English grammar 
classes is highly welcome. It balances linguistic argumentation and 
practical answers in a student-friendly manner and draws a clear line 
between what can be achieved in a one-semester introductory class and 
what should be left to further exploration."
Anja Wanner, University of Wisconsin at Madison, on Linguist List, 2003

"What the critics said of the first edition:"

"Another student-friendly element are the exercises throughout the 
book, which are generally followed by model answers. The point of the 
model answers is to provide feedback to the students. There is no 
implication that there is only one acceptable answer to a question. 
Students will also like the 'special topics' despite all affirmative 
nods to a descriptive approach they still expect a grammar class to 
tell them 'what is right', or at least `why some people think that 
some things are right and others are not'."
Nina Rojina in Language, 2004



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