The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar

by Sylvia Chalker (Editor), E. S. C. Weiner (Editor)

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $3.29

  English grammar is a complex minefield. This reference comes to the aid of both the general reader and the student or teacher, offering immediate, alphabetical access to 1000 grammatical terms and their meanings. All currently accepted grammatical terms used are included, as well as older, traditional names, many controversial new coinages, and items from the study of other languages, or the wider subject of linguistics, including phonetics and transformational grammar. The definitions are accompanied by detailed explanations including examples of language in use, and frequent quotations from existing works on grammar.

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.29

  English grammar has changed a great deal since the beginning of the Twentieth Century, and it is a subject that can provide a complex minefield of uncertainties within the language. This accessible and comprehensive dictionary comes to the aid of both the general reader and the student or teacher, offering straightforward and immediate A-Z access to 1,000 grammatical terms and their meanings. All the currently accepted terms of grammar are included, as well as older, traditional names, controversial new coinages, and items from the study of other languages. Concise definitions of the wider subject of linguistics, including phonetics and transformational grammar, are accompanied by examples of language in use, and frequent quotations from existing works on grammar.