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The Cambridge dictionary of English grammar
- Title
- The Cambridge dictionary of English grammar / Pam Peters, Macquarie University, Sydney.
- Author
- Peters, Pam
- Publication
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/text | No restrictions | *R-RMRR PE1097 .P48 2013 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference |
Details
- Alternative Title
- Dictionary of English grammar
- English grammar
- Subject
- English language > Grammar > Dictionaries
- Genre/Form
- Dictionaries.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-391).
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: How to use this book; Introduction; Dictionary.
- Call Number
- PE1097
- ISBN
- 9780521863193
- 0521863198
- LCCN
- 2012031738
- OCLC
- 806221732
- Author
- Peters, Pam, author.
- Title
- The Cambridge dictionary of English grammar / Pam Peters, Macquarie University, Sydney.
- Publisher
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Description
- viii, 391 pages ; 26 cm
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Summary
- "The most up-to-date A-Z resource available for English grammar, this dictionary provides concise, practical definitions and explanations of hundreds of terms. Each term includes examples and cross references to related concepts. All the currently accepted terms of grammar are included, as well as older, traditional names, controversial new coinages, and items from the study of other languages. The dictionary pinpoints differences in the use of the same terminology, such as 'adjunct', 'complement', 'verb phrase', as well as alternative terms used for much the same concept, such as 'noun phrase', 'nominal group'; 'agentless passive', 'short passive'. It provides a wealth of examples, as well as notes on the relative frequencies of grammatical alternatives, such as 'will' and 'shall'. It also draws attention to some of the differences between spoken and written English grammar"-- Provided by publisher.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-391).
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- Research Call Number
- *R-RMRR PE1097 .P48 2013