TY - BOOK ID - 69883078 TI - The Cambridge dictionary of English grammar PY - 2013 SN - 1316027473 1316027538 1139050621 0521863198 PB - Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - English language KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Englisch. KW - Grammatik. KW - English KW - Languages & Literatures KW - English Language KW - Grammar KW - Linguistics KW - General. KW - Grammar. KW - Grammatiker KW - Britisches Englisch KW - Englische Sprache KW - Nordseegermanische Sprachen KW - Analysis and parsing KW - Diagraming KW - Composition and exercises KW - Germanic languages UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:69883078 AB - The most up-to-date A-Z resource available for English grammar, this dictionary provides concise, practical definitions and explanations of hundreds of terms. Each term includes examples and cross references to related concepts. 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. The dictionary pinpoints differences in the use of the same terminology, such as 'adjunct', 'complement', 'verb phrase', as well as alternative terms used for much the same concept, such as 'noun phrase', 'nominal group'; 'agentless passive', 'short passive'. It provides a wealth of examples, as well as notes on the relative frequencies of grammatical alternatives, such as 'will' and 'shall'. It also draws attention to some of the differences between spoken and written English grammar. ER -