The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language

作者: Rodney Huddleston

出版社: Cambridge University Press

出版時間: 2002-4-15

標準書號: (ISBN)9780521431460

全書頁數: 1860

一、編輯點評

Although the title may suggest that this is a usage manual or style guide, it is actually a reference work that, in the authors' words, aims to "outline and illustrate the principles that govern the construction of words and sentences...without recommending or condemning particular usage choices." With help from an impressive group of international scholars, linguistics professors Huddleston (English Grammar: An Outline) and Pullum (Phonetic Symbol Guide) here provide a comprehensive and detailed look at the principles of the English language. Chapters are divided into several subsections, with ample examples and explanations for each concept; both a conceptual and a lexical index are included. Although the writers attempt to "bridge a gap...between traditional grammar and the partial descriptions of English grammar proposed by those working in the field of linguistics," the book leans heavily toward the field of linguistics. This makes it more accessible to the informed student of linguistics than to the simple lover of the English language. It is nevertheless an authoritative addition to the fields of both English grammar and linguistics.

二、主要作者介紹

▲Rodney Huddleston graduated from the University of Cambridge in Modern & Medieval Languages in 1960, and earned his PhD in Applied Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh in 1963. He held lectureships at the University of Edinburgh, University College London and the University of Reading, before moving in 1969 to the Department of English at the University of Queensland, where he worked until formally retiring in 1998. He was the winner of one of three `Excellence in Teaching' awards at the University of Queensland in 1988, and in 1990 was awarded a Personal Chair. He has written numerous articles and books on English grammar, including An Introduction to English Transformational Syntax (1976) and Introduction to the Grammar of English (1984), and was the founding editor of The Australian Journal of Linguistics (1980--1985).

▲Geoffrey K. Pullum earned his B.A. in Language at the University of York in 1972 and his Ph.D. in General Linguistics at the University of London four years later. After teaching at University College London for seven years he moved to the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he served as Dean of Graduate Studies and Research for six years and is currently Professor of Linguistics. He was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences in 1990-91. His numerous publications cover not only syntactic theory and English grammar but also on a large number of other topics in linguistics. His books include Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar (1985, with Gazdar, Klein, and Sag) and a collection of satirical essays on linguistics, The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax (1991).

三、全書目錄

1. Preliminaries

Geoffrey K. Pullum and Rodney Huddleston

2. Syntactic overview

Rodney Huddleston

3. The verb

Rodney Huddleston

4. The clause, I: mainly complements

Rodney Huddleston

5. Nouns and noun phrases

John Payne and Rodney Huddleston

6. Adjectives and adverbs

Geoffrey K. Pullum and Rodney Huddleston

7. Prepositions and preposition phrases

Geoffrey K. Pullum and Rodney Huddleston

8. The clause, II: mainly adjuncts

Anita Mittwoch, Rodney Huddleston and Peter Collins

9. Negation

Geoffrey K. Pullum and Rodney Huddleston

10. Clause type and illocutionary force

Rodney Huddleston

11. Content clauses and reported speech

Rodney Huddleston

12. Relative clauses and unbounded dependencies

Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum and Peter G. Peterson

13. Comparative constructions

Rodney Huddleston

14. Non-finite and verbless clauses

Rodney Huddleston

15. Coordination and supplementation

Rodney Huddleston, John Payne and Peter G. Peterson

16. Information packaging

Gregory Ward, Betty Birner and Rodney Huddleston

17. Deixis and anaphora

Lesley Stirling and Rodney Huddleston

18. Inflectional morphology and related matters

F. R. Palmer, Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum

19. Lexical word-formation

Laurie Bauer and Rodney Huddleston

20. Punctuation

Geoffrey Nunberg, Ted Briscoe and Rodney Huddleston

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