The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language is the first comprehensive descriptive grammar of English to appear for over fifteen years, a period which has seen immense developments in linguistic ...

He co-authored The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, a 1,000-page-plus reference work that exhaustively spells out the rules of English, based on extensive analysis of how the language is ...

Library Journal 'I have read many excellent accounts of the English language over the years, but this recent publication by Cambridge University Press is by far the most impressive. In fact, I would ...