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The New English Grammar

N.R. Cattell

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Description:Finally, in an admirably clear and concise presentation, a book which provides both a substantial theory of language and the main features of English grammar.This work does not prescribe standards that ought to be imposed; it presupposes that language will be taught as an interesting phenomenon in its own right, and it fulfills the presupposition. A compact study, Cattell's book will painlessly provide students, teachers and other interested persons with an account of English grammar which is consonant with the knowledge discovered in modern linguistics; yet its presentation and basic approach will appeal to and be comprehensible to readers with no specialized linguistic training.Cattell's excellent transliteration of rigorously-expressed technical jargon into the language of common communication makes his work one much needed, fulfilling an area of language-study now lacking by offering a preliminary foundation for those who wish to proceed to the more demanding study of grammar through linguistics. The suggested method, applied by the author in the book, affords insight into the basic structure or design of our language and assimilates revolutionary findings in the field.Professor Noam Chomsky in an appraisal of this book said it would be useful for teachers who have to teach the "so-called new grammar," adding, "This book gives a better grasp of fundamentals, at an extremely elementary level, than anything else I'm familiar with."The major part of the book is devoted to describing (very clearly) the structure of English in terms of insights provided by transformational grammar; from the simplest kernel structures of English sentence-patterns, the author demonstrates, by example and analysis, the foundations of linguistic structure. In illustrating where we are in the groundwork of grammar, he opens up possibilities in English usage in fuller and freer ways. By this study of the design of our language as it now exists, the student and teacher will be more able to gain insights and hence apply them in a way that would not be possible without the inherent mental discipline provided by basic knowledge. Cattell's contribution to these goals of grammar and language study serves an invaluable end, and in his introduction to the book, Wayne O'Neill, Professor of Linguistics at M.I.T. and Harvard, discusses the importance of such discipline. The author is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The New English Grammar. To get started finding The New English Grammar, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 162

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: M.I.T. Press

Release: 1969

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Description: Finally, in an admirably clear and concise presentation, a book which provides both a substantial theory of language and the main features of English grammar.This work does not prescribe standards that ought to be imposed; it presupposes that language will be taught as an interesting phenomenon in its own right, and it fulfills the presupposition. A compact study, Cattell's book will painlessly provide students, teachers and other interested persons with an account of English grammar which is consonant with the knowledge discovered in modern linguistics; yet its presentation and basic approach will appeal to and be comprehensible to readers with no specialized linguistic training.Cattell's excellent transliteration of rigorously-expressed technical jargon into the language of common communication makes his work one much needed, fulfilling an area of language-study now lacking by offering a preliminary foundation for those who wish to proceed to the more demanding study of grammar through linguistics. The suggested method, applied by the author in the book, affords insight into the basic structure or design of our language and assimilates revolutionary findings in the field.Professor Noam Chomsky in an appraisal of this book said it would be useful for teachers who have to teach the "so-called new grammar," adding, "This book gives a better grasp of fundamentals, at an extremely elementary level, than anything else I'm familiar with."The major part of the book is devoted to describing (very clearly) the structure of English in terms of insights provided by transformational grammar; from the simplest kernel structures of English sentence-patterns, the author demonstrates, by example and analysis, the foundations of linguistic structure. In illustrating where we are in the groundwork of grammar, he opens up possibilities in English usage in fuller and freer ways. By this study of the design of our language as it now exists, the student and teacher will be more able to gain insights and hence apply them in a way that would not be possible without the inherent mental discipline provided by basic knowledge. Cattell's contribution to these goals of grammar and language study serves an invaluable end, and in his introduction to the book, Wayne O'Neill, Professor of Linguistics at M.I.T. and Harvard, discusses the importance of such discipline. The author is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The New English Grammar. To get started finding The New English Grammar, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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