Grammar for Teachers A Guide to American English for Native and Non-Native Speakers /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: DeCapua, Andrea (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Education.; Language and education.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Language Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Sociology of Education.; Education, general.

The purpose of Grammar for Teachers is to encourage readers to develop a solid understanding of the use and function of grammatical structures in American English. It approaches grammar from a descriptive rather than a prescriptive approach; however, throughout Grammar for Teachers differences betwe...

Table of Contents:

• What is Grammar?
• Morphology
• The Noun Phrase
• Adjectives and Adverbs
• to Verbs and Verb Phrases
• Time, Tense, and Aspect of Verbs
• Modal Auxiliary Verbs and Related Structures
• Basic Sentence Patterns and Major Variations
• Compound Sentences and Introduction to Complex Sentences: Adverbial Clauses
• Complex Sentences Continued Relative Clauses
• Complex Sentences Continued: Noun Clauses
• Verbal Constructions
• Erratum.