What the teacher needs is a new approach, according to two local educators promoting an alternative way of teaching grammar . “I would say, ‘We’re in school right now. We’re speaking formal English.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue.Modern Philology sets the standard for literary ...

Cognitive linguistics is a modern school of linguistic thought that originally began to emerge in the 1970s due to dissatisfaction with formal approaches to language. As I explain in my book, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper presents the first grammar of Emigranto, the German/English mixed code spoken by Jewish refugees residing in London, UK. It goes ...

People whinge about “the decline of grammar” when they are merely talking about minor solecisms of spelling and punctuation, or a change in some convention they learned in childhood. They could adopt ...

"Understanding English Grammar" presents a linguistic introduction to the structure of English that is accessible to students who have had little or no opportunity to study the language. The book ...