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Discovering Language: The Structure of Modern English (Perspectives on the English Language) by Professor Lesley Jeffries (14-Jul-2006) Paperback
This text provides students with the basic descriptive knowledge they are required to master before moving on to more advanced study. The book is organized under thematic headings, which are thoroughly cross-referenced, enabling students and teachers to use the book as required--either as a course text or to help with individual aspects of language. Each section includes an introduction, worked examples, "in context" sections relating the topic to real text examples, suggestions for further reading and analysis and a summary.
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First published July 14, 2006
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September 17, 2016
A pretty good textbook that intruces students to the bases of English linguistics.
The language used is rich but quite understandable and plenty of examples are provided to support all the topics.
I didn't quite like the "Syntax" chapter as syntactic trees were not correctly displayed and crated by the author, so that is something I would check and rewrite if I were them.
All in all, a good basic textbook.
-Ilaria
The language used is rich but quite understandable and plenty of examples are provided to support all the topics.
I didn't quite like the "Syntax" chapter as syntactic trees were not correctly displayed and crated by the author, so that is something I would check and rewrite if I were them.
All in all, a good basic textbook.
-Ilaria
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