Books by Ronald Carter

Ronald Carter (Author) Ronald Carter is Emeritus Professor of Modern English Language at the University of Nottingham.John McRae (Author) John McRae is Professor of English at the University of Nottingham.

The CD-ROM makes the Cambridge Grammar of English even more accessible with: * The whole book in handy, searchable format. * Audio recordings of all the examples from the book. * Links to the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary online for instant definitions of new vocabulary.

Telling the story of British and Irish writing from 1963 to the present, this handbook guides the reader through the major writers, genres and developments in English writing over the past 40 years. It also offers notes on language issues, quotations from selected works, a timeline and a guide to other works.

Introduces students to the main principles of language analysis, through real text examples. This book features contemporary examples of English in use. It emphasises on theoretical principles that ensures evenness of level.

Designed as a dictionary, but possessing an encyclopedic range, this is an invaluable A-Z guide to the debates surrounding language and literacy.

The material in this book reviews work dating to the vocabulary control movement of the 1930s, and also refers to more recent work on the role of lexis in language learning. The main foundations of lexical semantics described, as are relevant research and pedagogical studies in vocabulary and lexicography.

In this text Ronald Carter addresses the discourse of "English" as a subject of teaching and learning. The topics investigated include: grammar; correctness and standard English; critical language awareness and literacy; and language and creativity.

This introductory text explores the integration of language and literature in the classroom. The two subjects are normally seen as distinct areas of the curriculum, but this book shows how they can be mutually supporting and enriching. Recent research in classroom practice is also covered.