David Crystal explains grammar's rules and irregularities, shows how to navigate its snares and pitfalls, and explores its history and varieties. He gives practical guidance on how grammar may be used for different purposes and in different settings. He provides a series of insights into the stages by which children acquire grammar and shows how this can be used to guide its early instruction. He casts a mordant eye on what learned people have said about English grammar over the centuries and what they continue to say now. People have always been uneasy about points of grammar and worried that what they say may not always be what they mean. Grammar is complex but, Professor Crystal shows, it need not be daunting: the more we understand it, he argues, the more sense we shall make.
Making Sense is as entertaining as it is instructive. David Crystal unites investigations of its nature, variations, history, learning, and teaching with a host of practical advice. Like its three companion volumes it will appeal to everyone interested in the English language and how to use it.
2 有用 咽鼓豹 2023-05-07 16:46:26 上海
David Crystal通过观察女儿的语言功能发展来引入对语法的讨论,怎么讲,我经常跟人说如果我要小孩,最大驱力可能也就是可以观察儿童的心智发展了…………
0 有用 抓马困 2023-03-09 21:10:03 上海
一种科普。
0 有用 壞人 2025-04-09 11:53:48 中国香港
非常好的语法科普书,让我对小时候学的语法有了新的理解。最精彩的从小朋友语言发展来帮助理解。鸡蛋里挑骨头来讲的话,作者的包容态度有点过头了。作者最后几章的写法让人觉得想怎么来怎么来。有些语法规则还是有道理的,比如限制性从句和非限制性的区别。特别情况下可以打破,但一般还是要遵守。就像鲁迅偶尔会“通假字”但如果通篇都是错字那就是另一回事了。
1 有用 炸鸡薯条 2022-05-11 13:18:56
理论性内容比较多,实用性内容比较少
0 有用 里思肯 2025-12-29 16:32:13 上海
还是适合高中毕业生读。总而言之,对语言的理解才是核心了,按照prescriptive rules写中文无疑灾难。