Grammar, Meaning, and Concepts: A Discourse-Based Approach to English Grammar
Susan Strauss
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 4E; CJB; EBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Grammar, Meaning, and Concepts: A Discourse-Based Approach to English Grammar is a book for language teachers and learners that focuses on the meanings of grammatical constructions within discourse, rather than on language as structure governed by rigid rules. This text emphasizes the ways in which users of language construct meaning, express viewpoints, and depict imageries using the conceptual, meaning-filled categories that underlie all of grammar. Written by a team of authors with years of experience teaching grammar to future teachers of English, this book puts grammar in the context of real language and illustrates grammar in use through an abundance ... Read more
Grammar, Meaning, and Concepts: A Discourse-Based Approach to English Grammar is a book for language teachers and learners that focuses on the meanings of grammatical constructions within discourse, rather than on language as structure governed by rigid rules. This text emphasizes the ways in which users of language construct meaning, express viewpoints, and depict imageries using the conceptual, meaning-filled categories that underlie all of grammar. Written by a team of authors with years of experience teaching grammar to future teachers of English, this book puts grammar in the context of real language and illustrates grammar in use through an abundance ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
478
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138785274
SKU
V9781138785274
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About Susan Strauss
Susan Strauss is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Asian Studies at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. Her research interests center on the interface of discourse, cognition, interaction, and culture, often from a cross-linguistic/cross-cultural perspective. She is co-author of Discourse Analysis: Putting our Worlds into Words (Routledge, 2014). Parastou Feiz is Associate Professor of Applied ... Read more
Reviews for Grammar, Meaning, and Concepts: A Discourse-Based Approach to English Grammar
This is a remarkable textbook on English grammar, approaching it not as `rules' and `structure', but rather as it emerges in a principled way from discourse, from the way people all over the world use language in their everyday activities. Linguistic forms are discussed in the context of how speakers and writers assign responsibility, organize thoughts, ideas, and experiences, and ... Read more