Timeline for To classify and parse: <The> book is a hit
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| Nov 5, 2016 at 15:18 | comment | added | learner | I'm thinking of one of Huddleston's books, the big as reference (not available in print form around here) or the student's version. If not, a book from the same school of linguists/descriptionists. My target is a good high school level in both grammar/composition and literature. As for English itself, I know there's no way to learning any natural language, but "living it" as its native speakers. Thanks StoneyB. | |
| Nov 5, 2016 at 13:48 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | @learner English linguistics has been evolving very rapidly for 60 years now, and it's hard for even specialists to keep up with the theories, much less ordinary teachers and learners. Unless you're planning on becoming a teacher of English linguistics, you'll do better to pick one reasonably authoritative source and stick to that; browsing around at random will be very confusing. Better still: don't worry about the formal grammar, just read lots of good books on other subjects and absorb the grammar the way native speakers do. | |
| Nov 5, 2016 at 13:39 | comment | added | learner | +1 Not straightforward with the all the jargon and the controversy, but it is a good start from where the research will take off. It'll save me some time being aware of the issue. Thanks StoneyB. | |
| Nov 5, 2016 at 13:11 | history | answered | StoneyB on hiatus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |