Ebook: Making Sense of Grammar

The best-selling grammar reference, Rediscover Grammar, now has a sequel – Making Sense of Grammar.

In this engaging new book, David Crystal moves the analysis of grammatical structure on to the next stage – interpreting it from a semantic and pragmatic point of view. Using the framework he used in Rediscover Grammar, he develops our understanding of grammar and then shows how it works in different language contexts – literary and non-literary, spoken and written. The range of contexts is unprecedented and the results are compelling.

David Crystal explores a wide range of linguistic themes, introducing perspectives from sociolinguistics, language acquisition, and stylistics. He also gives guidance on how people can put their knowledge of grammar into daily practice, both when using language themselves and when interpreting the usage of others.

Making Sense of Grammar is the ideal companion to Rediscover Grammar – bridging the gap between language structure and language in use.