Fully revised and updated the second edition of this authoritative guide tomodern English is a comprehensive scholarly and systematic review of modernEnglish. I... » 

Fully revised and updated the second edition of this authoritative guide tomodern English is a comprehensive scholarly and systematic review of modernEnglish. In one volume the book presents a description of both the linguisticstructure of presentday English and its geographical social gender andethnic variations.Covering new developments such as the impact of email on language and corpusbased grammars the second edition of this accessible text has been extensivelyrewritten and brings the survey of modern English right up to date. Offeringnew examples and suggestions for further reading the book is essential readingfor all students of English language and linguistics. «