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Innovations and Challenges in Grammar (Hardcover)
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Innovations and Challenges in Grammar (Hardcover)
Series: Innovations and Challenges in Applied Linguistics
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Innovations and Challenges in Grammar traces the history of common
understandings of what grammar is and where it came from to
demonstrate how 'rules' are anything but fixed and immutable. In
doing so, it deconstructs the notion of 'correctness' to show how
grammar changes over time thereby exposing the social and
historical forces that mould and change usage. The questions that
this book grapples with are: Can we separate grammar from the other
features of the language system and get a handle on it as an
independent entity? Why should there be strikingly different
notions and models of grammar? Are they (in)compatible? Which one
or ones fit(s) best the needs of applied linguists if we assume
that applied linguists address real-world problems through the lens
of language? And which one(s) could make most sense to
non-specialists? If grammar is not a fixed entity but a set of
usage norms in constant flux, how can we persuade other
professionals and the general public that this is a positive
observation rather than a threat to civilised behaviour? This book
draws upon both historical and modern grammars from across the
globe to provide a multi-layered picture of world grammar. It will
be useful to teachers and researchers of English as a first and
second language, though the inclusion of examples from and
occasional references to other languages (French, Spanish, Malay,
Swedish, Russian, Welsh, Burmese, Japanese) is intended to broaden
the appeal to teachers and researchers of other languages. It will
be of use to final-year undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral
students as well as secondary and tertiary level teachers and
researchers in applied linguistics, second language acquisition and
grammar pedagogy.
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