Grammar (Living Language Topic Books)

This text aims to provide an explicit and expert way of teaching the more linguistic aspects of the English language. It offers help in developing skills in the exploration, examination and analysis of grammar on a wide variety of texts, with a main objective of demonstrating how grammar shapes meaning. Each chapter introduces a particular topic, drawing on real texts as a vehicle of discovery. The text is relevant to all syllabuses. The text offers comprehensive coverage of the theory, methods of inquiry and descriptive terminology required for AS/A level specifications for 2000, ensures students can produce quality original and editorial forms of writing, and provides quality literary and non-literary texts to which linguistic knowledge is applied. The book also aims to explain the principles behind each major area of interest within a coherent framework. The book is part of the "Living Language" series oftexts which, together, aim to meet the needs of the A level English language and literature specifications. It is designed to fulfill the assessment objectives for AS and A level specifications from 2000 onwards. It is essentially practical in nature and provides information, ideas and background theory which can be easily accessed through activities and investigations.