A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language
A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language is a descriptive grammar of English written by Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech, and Jan Svartvik. It was first published by Longman in 1985.
| Author | Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech, & Jan Svartvik |
|---|---|
| Subject | Comprehensive descriptive grammar of the English language |
| Publisher | Longman |
Publication date | 1985 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 1779 |
| ISBN | 9780582517349 |
In 1991, it was called "The greatest of contemporary grammars, because it is the most thorough and detailed we have," and "It is a grammar that transcends national boundaries."
The book relies on elicitation experiments as well as three corpora: a corpus from the Survey of English Usage, the Lancaster-Oslo-Bergen Corpus (UK English), and the Brown Corpus (US English).
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