1. Grammar 陳桂容10.31.2009

2. Introduction An objective description of the structures of language, with no comment concerning correct versus incorrect forms. Grammars with rules that make distinctions between correct and incorrect forms are defined as ‘ prescriptive ’ grammars.

3. Grammars that do not make these distinctions and that aim to describe Language as it is actually used are called ‘ descriptive ’ grammars. (native speaker)

4. Form and Function Generative (transformational) grammar (Chomsky, 1957, 1965): The focus is primarily syntax and morphology. The focus is primarily syntax and morphology.

5. Communicative grammar (Leech & Svartvik 1957) based on correspondences between structure and function.

6. The Interdependence of Grammar and Lexis

7. Learning Grammar

8. Teaching Grammar