Introductory English Grammar

For the first time in more than fifteen years An Introduction to English Grammar is available in a revised edition. In the fifth edition of this reknowned advanced grammar textbook, the new author Dallin D. Oaks of Brigham Young University has preserved Stageberg's clear and consise linguistic approach to grammar instruction while updating the text for the 1990s advanced grammar student. Updated chapter material includes revised examples of and exercises for the material studied and the use of tree diagrams. In addition, the fifth edition emphasizes the significance of English grammar in speech and composition in two new chapters: Usage and Language Variation: Historical, Regional, and Social. Two new appendices -- A Basic Introduction to Tree Diagramming and An Introduction to Transformational Grammar -- provide further instruction regarding the use of tree diagrams and an overview of Transformational Generative-Grammar. As in previous editions, An Introduction to Grammar, Fifth Edition, provides a linguistic approach to grammar instruction that can be used to teach both advanced grammar and composition as well as non-major introductory linguistics courses.Stageberg, Norman C. is the author of 'Introductory English Grammar', published 1981 under ISBN 9780030493812 and ISBN 0030493811.