This text gives broad, up-to-date coverage of English grammatical facts and related concepts of introductory
linguistics, emphasizing argumentation and motivation for empirically-based grammatical analyses without theoretical
debates. It treats the prescriptive/descriptive distinction, phonology, morphology, word classes, phrase structure
analysis of both simple sentences and a variety of complex sentences, grammatical relations, and anaphora (pronouns
and pronoun-like elements). The many changes in the second edition are almost all fine tunings. The few changes
in theoretical approach bring some descriptions up-to-date.
Coverage includes ergativity, small clauses, binding theory, and the overall organization of a grammar.
Expands the treatment of almost every topic, including some new examples from other languages.
Reorganizes material on the phrase structure of canonical sentences.
Emphasizes phrase structure in treatment of syntax.
Includes many exercises.
Compares and contrasts English with other languages.
