Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface to the Reissue -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Typographical conventions -- Preface -- 1 The study of language -- Different views of language: of the man-in-the-street, the p…
The aim of this book, first published in 1979, is to provide a sound basic introduction to the study of grammar within linguistics. The work concentrates primarily on the core of grammatical theory rather than a single narrow theoretical viewpoint. After introductory chapters on…
