Practical English usage / Michael Swan.

By:

Swan, Michael, 1936-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxx, 658 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0194420981 (pbk.)
9780194420983 (pbk.)
019442099X (hbk.)
9780194420990 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

428.24 SWA

Incomplete contents:

Acknowledgements - Introduction - Contents overview - Language terminology - Don't say it: 130 common mistakes - Phonetic alphabet - Practical English usage - Index.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	428.24 SWA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100349860

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This unique reference guide addresses problem points in the language as encountered by learners and their teachers. It gives information and advice that is practical, clear, reliable, and easy to find. Most of the book is about grammar, but it also covers selected points of vocabulary, idioms, style, pronunciation, and spelling.

BL Over 600 concise, authoritative entries.
BL Explanations and examples based on current corpus research.
BL Entries on "kinds of English," covering standard English and dialects, correctness, spoken and written English, formality, and variation and change.

Includes index.

Acknowledgements - Introduction - Contents overview - Language terminology - Don't say it: 130 common mistakes - Phonetic alphabet - Practical English usage - Index.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Michael Swan is a writer specializing in English language teaching and reference materials. His interests include pedagogic grammar, mother-tongue influence in second language acquisition, and the relationship between applied linguistic theory and classroom language-teaching practice, and hehas published a number of articles on these topics.