The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language
Encyclopedia
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (ISBN 0-521-43146-8) is a book that presents a comprehensive descriptive grammar
of English
. Its primary authors are Rodney Huddleston
and Geoffrey K. Pullum. It was published by Cambridge University Press
, Cambridge, in 2002.
It also won the Leonard Bloomfield Book Award of the Linguistic Society of America in 2004.
Grammar
In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...
of English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. Its primary authors are Rodney Huddleston
Rodney Huddleston
Rodney D. Huddleston is a linguist and grammarian specializing in the study and description of English.Huddleston is the primary author of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language , which presents a comprehensive descriptive grammar of English.He earned his PhD from the University of Edinburgh...
and Geoffrey K. Pullum. It was published by Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, Cambridge, in 2002.
Reviews
- Aarts, Bas. (2004). Grammatici certant. Journal of Linguistics, 40, 365-382.
- Leech, Geoffrey. (2004). A new Gray's Anatomy of English grammar. English Language and Linguistics, 8 (1), 121-147.
It also won the Leonard Bloomfield Book Award of the Linguistic Society of America in 2004.