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Uses of Grammar, The

Name: Uses of Grammar, The
ISBN: 9781602352520

Judith Rodby,

W. Ross Winterowd,

352 pages
English
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Uses of Grammar, The

Judith Rodby,

W. Ross Winterowd,

About this book

In this second edition of The Uses of Grammar, Judith Rodby and W. Ross Winterowd develop their successful first edition with new examples, more discussion questions and exercises, and clear explanations of the grammatical principles that teach students to understand grammar conceptually and deeply. The first edition has been completely redesigned visually to enhance learning and retention. Rodby and Winterowd's The Uses of Grammar 2e is an accessible approach grounded in deep understanding of language acquisition, structure, and even the rhetoric of everyday use. The Uses of Grammar 2e integrates traditional, structural, and functional concepts with ideas from contemporary linguistics and grammatical study. Rather than simply partition the study of grammar from the bottom up—from the parts to the whole—Rodby and Winterowd employ a unique structure based on the differentiation of form and function.

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Publisher

Year

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eBook ISBN

Topic

Languages & Linguistics

Subtopic

Creative Writing

Index

Languages & Linguistics

In

this 

second 

edition 

of

THE

USES 

OF

GRAMMAR

,

Judith 

Rodby 

and

W.

Ross 

Winterowd 

develop 

their 

successful 

ﬁrst 

edition 

with 

new

examples, 

more 

discussion 

questions 

and

exercises, 

and

clear 

explanations 

of

the

grammatical 

principles 

that 

teach 

students 

to

understand 

grammar 

conceptually 

and

deeply. 

The

ﬁrst 

edition 

has

been 

completely 

redesigned 

visually 

to

enhance 

learning 

and

retention. 

Rodby 

and

Winterowd’s 

THE

USES 

OF

GRAMMAR 

2E

is

an

accessible 

approach 

grounded 

in

deep 

understanding 

of

language 

acquisition, 

structure, 

and

even 

the

rhetoric 

of

everyday 

use. 

THE

USES 

OF

GRAMMAR 

2E

integrates 

traditional, 

structural, 

and

functional 

concepts 

with 

ideas 

from 

contemporary 

linguistics 

and

grammatical 

study. 

Rather 

than 

simply 

partition 

the

study 

of

grammar 

from 

the

bottom 

up—from 

the

parts 

to

the

whole—Rodby 

and

Winterowd 

employ 

a

unique 

structure 

based 

on

the

differentiation 

of

FORM 

and

FUNCTION

.

This 

structure 

is

framed 

around 

three 

questions: 

What 

are

the

forms 

in

the

grammar 

of

American 

English? 

How

do

those 

forms 

function 

in

that 

grammar? 

How

are

they 

used 

in

real-life 

speaking 

and

writing 

to

achieve 

speciﬁc 

purposes? 

Students 

may

learn, 

for

example, 

how

a

variety 

of

FORMS 

(in

-

cluding 

nouns, 

pronouns, 

verbals, 

and

clauses) 

can

all

FUNCTION

as

nominals. 

This 

form/function 

approach 

ensures 

that 

students 

learn 

the

uses 

of

grammar 

as

both 

an

object 

of

study 

and

as

the

living 

text 

of

social 

interaction.

THE

USES 

OF

GRAMMAR

thus 

uses 

living 

language 

to

illustrate 

the

practical 

applications 

of

grammar 

in

our

lives. 

These 

examples 

are

drawn 

from 

a

wide 

variety 

of

sources—newspapers, 

magazines, 

books, 

and

the

writings 

of

undergraduate 

students--and 

from 

such 

writers 

and

speakers 

as

Ronald 

Reagan, 

Shirley 

Chisholm, 

Groucho 

Marx, 

Mark 

Twain, 

and

Jane 

Addams. 

Class-tested 

and

reﬁned 

to

be

student- 

and

instructor-friendly, 

THE

USES 

OF

GRAMMAR 

2E

also 

features 

“For 

Discussion” 

sections 

that 

enhance 

students’ 

understanding 

of

the

principles 

covered 

in

the

text 

and

encourage 

classroom 

discussion. 

“Using 

Grammar” 

sections 

show 

students 

how

to

think 

about 

grammar’s 

function 

in

social 

relations. 

“Language 

Learning” 

sections 

summarize 

critical 

concepts. 

Chapter 

Previews 

and

Chapter 

Reviews 

help 

students 

anticipate 

the

new

principles, 

rules, 

and

concepts 

to

follow 

and

reinforce 

learning. 

Exercises 

ask

students 

to

rehearse 

new

learning, 

and

Challengers 

ask

them 

to

apply 

this 

learning 

to

broader 

issues 

or

more 

complex 

problems.

Judith 

Rodby 

joined 

the

faculty 

at

California 

State 

University, 

Chico 

in

1989

after 

ﬁnishing 

her

PhD

in

the

rhetoric, 

linguistics, 

and

literature 

program 

at

the

University 

of

Southern 

California. 

She

has

been 

the

composition 

coordinator, 

writing 

center 

director, 

and

coordinator 

of

basic 

writing. 

She

is

currently 

working 

primarily 

in

the

ﬁeld 

of

English 

education 

and

is

coordinator 

for

the

National 

Writing 

Project’s 

National 

Reading 

Initiative. 

She

has

published 

in

composition, 

ESL, 

youth 

development, 

and

English 

education. 

W.

Ross 

Winterowd 

was

the

Bruce 

R.

McElderry 

Professor 

Emeritus, 

University 

of

Southern 

California, 

where 

he

founded 

its

PhD

program 

in

Rhetoric, 

Linguistics, 

and

Literature. 

He

authored, 

coauthored, 

or

edited 

many 

essays, 

reviews, 

poems, 

and

books, 

including 

SEARCHING 

FOR

FAITH: 

A

SKEPTIC’S 

JOURNEY

(2004, 

Parlor 

Press), 

SENIOR 

CITIZENS 

WRITING

(2007, 

Parlor 

Press), 

THE

CULTURE 

AND

POLITICS 

OF

LITERACY

(1989, 

Oxford), 

and

ATTITUDES: 

SELECTED 

PROSE 

AND

POETRY

(2010, 

Parlor 

Press). 

In

2010, 

he

received 

the

ﬁeld’s 

highest 

honor, 

the

Exemplar 

Award, 

from 

the

Conference 

on

College 

Composition 

and

Communication. 

He

passed 

away 

in

January, 

2011, 

shortly 

after 

completing 

work 

on

THE

USES 

OF

GRAMMAR

.

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Front cover
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Preface
The Uses of Grammar
Getting Started: Some Important Concepts
The Forms of Words: Morphology
Basic Sentence Types
Verbs: Tense, Auxiliary Verbs, and Modals
Verbs: Perfect and Progressive Aspect
Negative, Interrogative, Imperative, Passive
Nominals: Nouns and Noun Phrases, NonfiniteVerbs
Nominals: Pronouns
Nominals: Noun Clauses
Adjectivals: Adjectives, Nouns, Prepositional Phrases
Adjectivals: Clauses
Adverbials: Adverbs, Prepositional Phrases, Nouns
Adverbials: Clauses and Adverbial Conjunctions
Prepositions and Particles
Sentence Types, Clauses, Conjunctions
Using Grammar
Glossary
Index
About the Authors
Back cover

About this book

Frequently asked questions

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Table of contents