tailieunhanh - Longman grammar of spoken and written english part 1

Douglas Biber and his numerous colleagues are to be congratulated on a book so replete with interesting and innovative features, not least by way of frequency data. For anyone planning corpus-based grammatical study* of any language on earth, the LGSWH will rapidly establish itself as indispensable. | Longman GRAMMAR of SPOKEN and WRITTEN NGLISH Ixmk h VlMt đ jr webt I p blip WWW fit tMHiMlilirXMfin Longman GRAMMAR of SPOKEN AND WRITTEN ENGLISH Longman GRAMMAR of SPOKEN AND WRITTEN ENGLISH Douglas Biber Stig Johansson Geoffrey Leech Susan Conrad Edward Finegan FOREWORD BY Randolph Quirk Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Hallow Essex CM20 2JE England and Associated Companies throughout the World. Visit our website http C Pearson Education Limited 1999 AH rights reserved no part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Publishers. First published 1999 Sixth impression 2007 Words that the editors have reason to believe constitute trademarks have been described as such. However neither the presence nor the absence of such a description should be regarded as affecting the legal status of any trademark. ISBN 978-0-582-23725-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Longman grammar of spoken and written English Douglas Biber . et al . foreword by Randolph Quirk. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-582-23725-4 hardcover I. English language Grammar. 1. Biber Douglas. 1999 dc21 99-29033 CIP British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Designed by First Edition London Set in Minion and Helvetica by MFK Mendip Frame Somerset Printed in China SWTC 06 Douglas Biber and his numerous colleagues are to be congratulated on a book so replete with interesting and innovative features not least by way of frequency data. For anyone planning corpus-based grammatical study of any language on earth the LGSWE will rapidly establish itself as indispensable. And since any such study must inevitably involve collaborative teamwork some examination of Biber s management skills