About the Book

This edition of Angela Downing and Philip Locke's award-winning grammar course book has been thoroughly revised and rewritten by Angela Downing to offer an integrated account of structure, meaning and function in relation to context. Also usable as a reference book, it provides the linguistic basis for courses and projects on translation, contrastive linguistics, stylistics, reading and discourse studies. It is accessible and reader-friendly throughout. Key features include:

• chapters divided into modules of class-length materials
• each new concept clearly explained and highlighted
• authentic texts from a wide range of sources, both spoken and written, to illustrate grammatical usage
• clear chapter and module summaries enabling efficient class preparation and student revision
• exercises and topics for individual study
• answer key for analytical exercises
• comprehensive index
• select bibliography
• suggestions for further reading.