Mysteries of English Grammar: A Guide to Complexities of the English Language

by Andreea S Calude and Laurie Bauer

Book Overview

Despite a history of hundreds of years of research analysing aspects of English grammar, there are still open problems which continue to baffle language researchers today. Such 'grammar mysteries' arise for a number of reasons: because the language is changing; because different speakers of the language adhere to distinct norms and thus introduce and maintain variation in the system; because there are differences between the grammar of spoken and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367710277
• ISBN13: 9780367710279
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"