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This handbook provides an authoritative, critical survey of current
research and knowledge in the grammar of the English language.
Following an introduction from the editors, the volume's expert
contributors explore a range of core topics in English grammar,
beginning with issues in grammar writing and methodology. Chapters
in part II then examine the various theoretical approaches to
grammar, such as cognitive, constructional, and generative
approaches, followed by the chapters in part III, which
comprehensively cover the different subdomains of grammar,
including compounds, phrase structure, clause types, tense and
aspect, and information structure. Part IV offers coverage of the
relationship between grammar and other fields - lexis, phonology,
meaning, and discourse - while the concluding part of the book
investigates grammatical change over time, regional variation, and
genre and literary variation. The handbook's wide-ranging coverage
will appeal to researchers and students of English language and
linguistics from undergraduate level upwards.
This book brings together classic and recent papers in the
philosophical and linguistic analysis of fuzzy grammar, gradience
in meaning, word classes, and syntax. Issues such as how many
grains make a heap, when a puddle becomes a pond, and so forth,
have occupied thinkers since Aristotle and over the last two
decades been the subject of increasing interest among linguists as
well as in fields such as artificial intelligence and computational
linguistics. The work is designed to be of use to students in all
these fields. It has a substantial introduction, is divided into
thematic parts, contains annotated sections of further reading, and
is fully indexed.
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