An Introduction to the Grammar of English: Syntactic arguments and socio-historical background

This Introduction provides a lively and clearly written textbook. It introduces basic concepts of grammar in a format which inspires the reader to use linguistic arguments. The style of the book is engaging and examples from poetry, jokes and puns illustrate grammatical concepts. The focus is on syntactic analysis and evidence.Dr. Elly van Gelderen is the author of 'An Introduction to the Grammar of English: Syntactic arguments and socio-historical background', published 2002 under ISBN 9781588111579 and ISBN 1588111571.