Grammar Books

New and Published Books

1. English Grammar

   A Resource Book for Students

   By Roger Berry

   Series: Routledge English Language Introductions

   Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings - all...

   Published November 9th 2011 by Routledge
2. Dislocated Elements in Discourse

   Syntactic, Semantic, and Pragmatic Perspectives

   Edited by Benjamin Shaer, Philippa Cook, Werner Frey, Claudia Maienborn

   Series: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics

   This volume is about 'dislocation' – the removal of phrases from their canonical positions in a sentence to its left or right edge. Dislocation encompasses a wide range of linguistic phenomena, related to nominal and adverbial expressions and to the information structuring notions of topic and...

   Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge
3. How to Teach a Foreign Language

   By Otto Jespersen

   This book was first published in 1904....

   Published November 10th 2010 by Routledge
4. The Philosophy of Grammar

   By Otto Jespersen

   This book was first published in 1924....

   Published November 10th 2010 by Routledge
5. English: An Essential Grammar

   2nd Edition

   By Gerald Nelson

   Series: Essential Grammars

   English: An Essential Grammar is a concise and user-friendly guide to the grammar of modern English, written specifically for native speakers and based on genuine samples of contemporary spoken and written English. In the first four chapters, this book covers the essentials of English grammar,...

   Published October 20th 2010 by Routledge
6. Grammar: A Pocket Guide

   By Susan J. Behrens

   If you've ever wanted a quick and easy guide to verbs and adverbs, commas and apostrophes, clauses and prepositions, then this is a must-have book for you. Easing readers gently into the study of the structure of English, Grammar: A Pocket Guide covers common questions such as: Is it "10 items or...

   Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge
7. Reciprocity in English

   Historical Development and Synchronic Structure

   By Florian Haas

   Series: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics

   Although the grammatical expression of reciprocal (or ‘mutual’) situations in the languages of the world has received a surprising amount of attention in recent years, so far no comprehensive study specifically dealing with the historical development and synchronic structure of English reciprocal...

   Published December 9th 2009 by Routledge
8. Between Syntax and Semantics

   By C.T. James Huang

   Series: Routledge Leading Linguists

   This indispensable volume contains articles that represent the best of Huang's work on the syntax-semantics interface over the last two decades. It includes three general topics: (a) questions, indefinites and quantification, (b) anaphora, (c) lexical structure and the syntax of events....

   Published October 4th 2009 by Routledge
9. The Basics of English Usage

   By Wynford Hicks

   Should I say "He is taller than I" or "He is taller than me?" Do you spell it "blond" or "blonde"? If you’ve ever been stopped in your tracks by questions like these, then this book is for you. A complete pocket guide to the ins and outs of everyday English, The Basics of English Usage will tell...

   Published February 1st 2009 by Routledge
10. A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles

    Volume 1, Sounds and Spellings

    By Otto Jespersen

    Series: Otto Jespersen

    This book was first published in 1954....

    Published October 15th 2006 by Routledge