Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English

by Douglas Biber, Geoffrey N. Leech

The " Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English " is a revolutionary, corpus-based reference grammar of English, based on a groundbreaking research project to analyze the ways in which English grammar is really used. The book looks at four text types "conversation, fiction, news reportage, and academic prose" and reports statistical findings as well as examining the reasons that condition a particular grammatical choice. "

Genres: Linguistics

1203 pages, Hardcover

Published November 5, 1999

About the author

Douglas Biber: Regents’ Professor in the Applied Linguistics Program (English Department) at Northern Arizona University.

Reviews

[John Hayward]

A valuable resource that I won in an international TEFL competition.