“Introducing English Grammar” describes and explains English grammar in light of current usage. It is aimed at students of English who take an introductory course in English grammar at college/university level in Norway, including teacher education.
The fourth edition of “Introducing English Grammar” has been thoroughly revised and updated, but retains the key points of the previous edition:
alerting readers to the close ties between grammatical form, meaning and communicative function – providing learners with good tools for improving their English – summing up main points and giving practical advice through “Points to remember” – introducing students to grammatical terminology so that they can make use of grammar information from dictionaries and other sources – introducing the basic clause structure of English – comparing English with Norwegian in order to address specific learner problems and increase the students’ language awareness – presenting ways of creating coherent texts that are adapted to context and purpose – creating a foundation for further study of English language and linguistics – providing exercises focusing on practical as well as analytical skills.
The book has an accompanying website with a key to the exercises as well as corpus-related exercises for each chapter.
Magne Dypedahl is Associate Professor of English at the University of South-Eastern Norway.
Hilde Hasselgård is Professor of English Language at the University of Oslo.