It is now years since the publication of angela downing and philip lockes a university course in english grammar, which broke new ground by offering to advanced students of english a comprehensive course, based on hallidays systemic functional grammar. In linguistic semantics, a predicate is an expression that can be true of something. An introduction to systemic functional linguistics. A university course will be known to many readers under the name of a university course in english grammar by the same authors downing and locke 19972002. City university of hong kong course syllabus offered by. This new edition of downing and locke s awardwinning textbook has been thoroughly revised and rewritten by angela downing to offer an integrated account of structure, meaning and function in. The new version of the grammar embodies three themes evident in angela downing s research work over the last decade or so, themes which reflect the directions in which functional linguistics has moved in the late twentieth century and the beginning of the. In grammar, a complement is a word, phrase, or clause that is necessary to complete the meaning of a given expression. Cambridge grammar for ielts students book with answers and a. This bestselling comprehensive descriptive grammar forms a complete course, ideal for all students studying english language, whether on a course or for selfstudy. Search for library items search for lists search for.
A university course in english grammar by downing angela. It is also suitable as background reading for course for literature and discourse. John is the subject, and is yellow is the predicate, which modifies the description of the subject. Downings comprehensive yet accessible book builds on traditional descriptions of english to present a functional orientation to grammar as a set of communicative resources. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Pdf on jan 1, 1994, julia lavid and others published downing, a. It is now years since the publication of angela downing and philip locke s a university course in english grammar, which broke new ground by offering to advanced students of english a comprehensive course, based on hallidays systemic functional grammar. Downing was during the 1980s one of my superb native professors of english at spains complutense university.
English grammar a university course linkedin slideshare. In traditional grammar, a predicate is one of the two main parts of a sentence the other is the subject, which is what the predicate modifies. A university course, edition 3 ebook written by angela downing. The audience of the book are students native or nonnative. Taking the grammar off the page and into real life, this book illustrates how language operates across a range of different uses and contexts. English are broken down into small easytodigest units, with lots of more or less traditional exercise material. Angela downing and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
This grammar is the best introduction to the best grammar of english ever, i. The functional perspective on language and discourse. In my preface i welcomed enthusiastically the first edition as an innovative course in systemic functional grammar. To view the following lessons you need to have adobe acrobat reader installed on your computer. Here you can find all of our electronic books and journals, for purchase and download or subscriber access. Download english grammar lessons, for free, in the pdf format. A university course angela downing, philip locke routledge, 2006 610 pages second edition presenting the linguistic basis for courses and projects on translation, contrastive linguistics, stylistics, reading and discourse studies, this book illustrates grammatical usage through authentic texts from a range of sources, both spoken and written. About the author 2006 angela downing is professor emeritus in the department of english language and linguistics english philology i at the universidad complutense, madrid.
In between the allembracing reference grammar and the highly selective, skillsoriented, practical course, a rather unique position is taken by downing and locke s. Broadly based on hallidayan systemicfunctional grammar but also drawing on cognitive linguistics and discourse analysis, english grammar is accessible, avoiding overly theoretical or technical. Prentice hall international english language teaching. Angela downing is professor emeritus in the department of english language and linguistics english philology i at the universidad complutense, madrid. It is now years since the publication of angela downing and philip lockes a university. Locke s a university course in english grammar, which broke new ground by offering to advanced studentsof english a comprehensive course, based on hallidays systemic functional grammar. English grammar a university course pdf free download. A university course in english grammar is divided into thirteen chapters, with each chapter subdivided into modules 60 in total of classlength material. Foreword it is now years since the publication of angela downing and philip lockes a university course in english grammar, which broke new ground by offering to advanced students of english a comprehensive course, based on hallidays systemic functional grammar. Welcome to econtent platform of john benjamins publishing company. If you already have adobe acrobat reader, simply click on the red icon next to the topic for the grammar lesson you wish to view. This awardwinning grammar course book provides the basis for linguistic courses and projects on translation, contrastive linguistics, stylistics, reading and discourse studies. A university course in english grammar oxford academic journals. Accessible and readerfriendly throughout, key features include.
This bestselling comprehensive descriptive grammar forms a complete course, ideal for all students studying english language,whether on a course or for selfstudy. Routledge, andor other materials agreed on with the teacher assessment methods and criteria in the work lecture option, attendance in is required. This awardwinning grammar course book provides the basis for lingui. A university course in english grammar angela downing. A university course in english grammar by philip locke. Broadly based on hallidayan systemicfunctional grammar but also drawing on cognitive linguistics and discourse analysis, english grammar is accessible, avoiding overly theoretical. Quirks a comprehensive grammar of the english language. Ebook english grammar a university course second edition. Complements are often also arguments expressions that help complete the meaning of a predicate there are indicative as well as nonindicative complements in languages. Xii describe the break down of the chapters as follows. Feel free to download, reuse, or share the following english grammar lessons with your friends, colleagues, or students. Routledge are to be congratulated for publishing this greatly revised edition of angela downing and philip locke s grammar, now entitled english grammar. The late philip locke taught at the institute of modern languages and translation at the universidad complutense, madrid.
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