Bøker av Randolph Quirk

Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DEVELOPMENTS IN PARALINGUISTIC STUDY -- 3. CATEGORIES OF PARALANGUAGE -- 4. PROSODIC FEATURES -- 5. CONSPECTUS -- APPENDIX: SPECTROGRAPHS EVIDENCE -- INDEX TO AUTHORS CITED -- Backmatter

Written by one of Britain's most distinguished linguists, this book is concerned with the phenomenon of variance in English grammar and vocabulary across regional, social, stylistic and temporal space.

A compact grammar for the student of English taking a descriptive approach. The introduction provides a general background and indicates the kinds of evidence on which frammatical description is based.