Books by Howard (Birmingham City University Jackson

This text analyses a wide range of dictionaries, from those for native speakers to thematic dictionaries and those on CD-ROM, to reveal the ways in which dictionaries fulfil their dual function of describing the vocabulary of English and providing a useful and accessible reference resource.

This title is a comprehensive introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of contemporary English. It covers the core areas of grammar and vocabulary such as: words and sentences, word structure, sentence patterns, clause and phrase, grammar rules and vocabularies.