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95/318 Grammar: A Student's Guide James R. Hurford Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994, xv + 271 pp., ISBN 0-521-45409-3 hardback, ISBN 0-521-4562 7-- 4 paperback, price: L30 (hardback), L9.95 (paperback)
John R. Firth, Professor of General Linguistics at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, invariably started his lectures with the advice: "First define your terms!" James R. Hurford, Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh and co-author with Brendan Heasley of a well-received textbook on semantics[1], shares that view. "This book is for people who want to know, or need to revise, the meanings of words like adverb, clause, conjunction, passive, subject, and so on". Intended for college (and perhaps high school) students of languages, including English, teachers of languages, and new students of linguistics, this sorely needed book provides explanations of the basic vocabulary it is useful to...