Linguistics and English Grammar

This book is a linguist's contribution to the interpretation of linguistics and its application in the English classroom to the study of grammar and language. The author examines a variety of English grammars from the perspective of modern linguistics and shows how the broad and diverse discipline of linguistics has relevance to the traditional segments of the English curriculum-to literature, to composition, and particularly to grammar. Parts include - Historical Background, Topics in English Syntax, Points of Contact and Implications