ABSTRACT

This award-winning grammar course book provides the basis for linguistic courses and projects on translation, contrastive linguistics, stylistics, reading and discourse studies. Accessible and reader-friendly throughout, key features include:

  • chapters divided into modules of class-length materials
  • each new concept clearly explained and highlighted
  • authentic texts from a wide range of sources, both spoken and written, to illustrate grammatical usage
  • clear chapter and module summaries enabling efficient class preparation and student revision.

chapter 1|31 pages

Basic concepts

chapter 7|45 pages

Expanding the message: Clause combinations

chapter 8|35 pages

Talking about events: The Verbal Group