Based on the insights and discoveries of the ground-breaking Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English, this new book brings fresh perspectives to the study of English grammar.

The Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English is a pedagogical course book for advanced students at university or on teacher-training courses, and an invaluable reference grammar. It combines a comprehensive examination of grammatical structure with information about the how, when and why of English as it is really used.

The workbook, available separately, can be used in class and individual study.

Informationen zum Autor Douglas Biber is Professor of Applied Linguistics (English Department) at Northern Arizona University. His books and articles deal with language use in spoken and written discourse. Klappentext Examines patterns of use in the news, fiction and academic English Takes grammar and vocabulary together and looks at how they interact Is based on the analysis of 40-million words of British and American, written and spoken corpus text Uses over 3000 examples of real, corpus English to illustrate the points Uses frequency tables and graphs to make the new findings of this grammar clear Zusammenfassung This grammar reference is written for the advanced student. It combines explanations of English grammar with information on how, when and why we use different structures. It shows the differences between spoken and written grammar and includes frequency information on the most common forms.

Autorentext

Douglas Biber is Professor of Applied Linguistics (English Department) at Northern Arizona University.  His books and articles deal with language use in spoken and written discourse.

Klappentext

• Examines patterns of use in the news, fiction and academic English
• Takes grammar and vocabulary together and looks at how they interact
• Is based on the analysis of 40-million words of British and American, written and spoken corpus text
• Uses over 3000 examples of real, corpus English to illustrate the points
• Uses frequency tables and graphs to make the new findings of this grammar clear