Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English
Details:
Author: Biber et al
Publisher: Longman
Category: Reference
ISBN: 0582237262
Website: www.longman.com/dictionaries
Review
Based on the ground-breaking" Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English", this new book brings fresh perspectives to the study of English grammar. This book is suitable for advanced students at university or on teacher-training courses, and an invaluable reference grammar.
Notes
The Longman Student Grammar:
Examines patterns of use in news, fiction, academic and spoken English
Looks at how grammar and vocabulary interact
Is based on an analysis of 40 million words of British and American, written and spoken corpus text
Uses over 3,000 examples of real, corpus English to illustrate the points
Uses frequency tables to make the new findings of the grammar clear.