A cognitive approach to English grammar exploring form, meaning and use N.P. Sudharshana, Baburam Upadhaya

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sudharshana, N. P., author.

Upadhaya, Baburam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar, Generative.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland Springer [2026]

Summary:

"The book approaches the grammar of English through a more meaning-focused approach. Inspired by the theories of cognitive semantics (CS), it examines English more holistically in usage contexts. Adopting a functional approach, the book (i) discusses language phenomena that are usually ignored in pedagogical grammar books (e.g., the order of adjectives in the determiner phrase); (ii) presents grammar as a set of meaningful choices in a particular usage context (e.g., intelligence vs multiple intelligences); (iii) establishes connections across word categories and structures (e.g., between prepositions and phrasal verbs); (iv) attempts to offer explanations for complex areas of English by drawing on tools of CS analysis (e.g., examining articles, quantifiers, no article use, demonstratives, and possessive pronouns as part of a larger reference system); and (v) creates meaningful contexts for practice through communicative tasks.It adopts a pedagogical approach with more easily accessible explanations and also contains communicative practice activities that are extremely useful to students, teachers, and teacher educators in English as a Second Language/ Foreign Language (ESL/ EFL) contexts to understand usage patterns, develop language awareness, and ultimately become proficient users"-- Springer Nature Link

Contents:

Spoken and written discourse

Building blocks of discourse-I

Building blocks of discourse-II

People, places and objects

Referring to people, places and objects

Describing people, places, and objects

Representing events in time

Changing perspectives on events

Describing events and qualities

Relating entities in space, time and beyond

Figurative language in discourse

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Springer Nature Link, viewed August 5, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Sudharshana, N. P. Cognitive approach to English grammar

ISBN:

9783032213174

3032213177

OCLC:

1607919735

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