Grammatical Complexity in Academic English: Linguistic Change in Writing
(Part of the Studies in English Language Series)
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Grammatical Complexity in Academic English uses corpus-based analyses to challenge a number of dominant stereotypes and assumptions within linguistics. Biber and Gray tackle the nature of grammatical complexity, demonstrating that embedded phrasal structures are as important as embedded dependent clauses. The authors also overturn ingrained assumptions about linguistic change, showing that grammatical change occurs in writing as well as speech. This...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1108712959
ISBN13:9781108712958
Release Date:March 2019
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:291 Pages
Weight:0.87 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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