Author: Geoffrey Leech
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Keywords: introduction, new, grammar, english
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1982-10-21
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0333306449
ISBN-13: 9780333306444

English Grammar for Today seeks to promote the study of grammar in the English curriculum. It takes a new approach which gives weight not only to analytical skills but also to the integration of English grammar with other linguistic skills such as composition and comprehension.English Grammar for Today seeks to promote the study of grammar in the English curriculum. It takes a new approach which gives weight not only to analytical skills but also to the integration of English grammar with other linguistic skills such as composition and comprehension.

Author: Geoffrey Leech
Publisher: Edinburgh University Pre
Keywords: linguistics, glossaries, grammar, english, glossary
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2006-05-19
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0748617299
ISBN-13: 9780748617296

This alphabetical guide clearly defines standard grammatical terms and shows how they are used, encompassing variants as found in Huddleston and Pullum’s Cambridge Grammar of the English Language.

Author: Geoffrey Leech
Publisher: Pearson ESL
Keywords: verb, english, meaning
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2004-11-13
List price: $52.67
ISBN-10: 0582784573
ISBN-13: 9780582784574

Since its publication in 1971, Meaning and the English Language has established itself as a standard textbook for studies in English Language. It deals with areas of the language that are of particular interest in themselves and which are especially difficult for learners to master: tense, progressive and perfect aspects, mood and the modal auxiliaries. There are numerous examples of differences and similarities in meaning throughout the book, making it a clear and precise guide to English. Updated for the language of the 21st Century, this edition will prove invaluable for learners and teache

Author: Geoffrey N. Leech
Publisher: Pearson Longma
Keywords: english, prose, language, series, fictional, style, linguistic, introduction, fiction
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 2007-04-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0582784093
ISBN-13: 9780582784093

"Style in Fiction is a welcome addition to a body of writings by stylisticians who have over the past two decades cumulatively increased our knowledge of the workings of language in a range of literary genres." Applied Linguistics (about the first edition) This book describes the ways in which the techniques of linguistic analysis and literary criticism can be combined, and illuminated, through the linguistic study of literary style. It draws on the prose fiction of the last 150 years to demonstrate the approach.

Author: Geoffrey Leech
Publisher: Longman Publishing Grou
Keywords: longman, linguistics, foregrounding, style, literature, language
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 2008-11-30
List price: $52.50
ISBN-10: 0582051096
ISBN-13: 9780582051096

Over a period of over forty years, Geoffrey Leech has made notable contributions to the field of literary stylistics, using the interplay between linguistic form and literary function as a key to the mystery’ of how a text comes to be invested with artistic potential. In this book, seven earlier papers and articles, read previously only by a restricted audience, have been brought together with four new chapters, the whole volume showing a continuity of approach across a period when all too often literary and linguistic studies have appeared to drift further apart. Leech sets the concept

Author: Geoffrey N. Leech
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Keywords: english, series, language, poetry, linguistic, guide
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1980-05
List price: $69.50
ISBN-10: 0582550130
ISBN-13: 9780582550131

Seeks to demonstrate that the study of English poetry is enriched by the insights of modern linguistic analysis, and that linguistic and critical disciplines are not separate but complementary. Examining a wide range of poetry, Professor Leech considers many aspects of poetic style, including the language of past and present, creative language, poetic licence, repetition, sound, metre, context and ambiguity.

Authors:Geoffrey Leech, Jan Svartvik,
Publisher: Pearson ESL
Keywords: third, english, grammar, communicative
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2003-01-06
List price: $38.67
ISBN-10: 0582506336
ISBN-13: 9780582506336