Kim Ballard is the former Head of English at Esher Sixth Form College as well as former Chief Examiner for Edexcel A level English language. She now works as a freelance writer.

“This fourth edition retains the remarkably clear exposition and coverage of all the linguistic nuts and bolts a student needs to know. In addition, complementing the current chapter on present-day variation, there is a new extensive and richly illustrated chapter on the development of English. All this, coupled with new exercises and prompts to enhance the learning experience, cements Ballard’s book as the English language textbook of choice.”

• PART I: INTRODUCTION1. IntroductionPART II: LEXICAL FRAMEWORKS2. Word Classes3. Word FormationPART III: GRAMMATICAL FRAMEWORKS4. Inflections5. Phrases6. Clauses7. SentencesPART IV: DISCOURSE FRAMEWORKS8. Beyond SentencesPART V: PHONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS9. Phonetics and Phonemes10. Segmental Phonology11. Suprasegmental PhonologyPART VI: BROADER PERSPECTIVES12. Variation in Present-day English13. Historical EnglishPhonetic and Other SymbolsGlossary

Kim Ballard is the former Head of English at Esher Sixth Form College as well as former Chief Examiner for Edexcel A level English language. She now works as a freelance writer.

“This fourth edition retains the remarkably clear exposition and coverage of all the linguistic nuts and bolts a student needs to know. In addition, complementing the current chapter on present-day variation, there is a new extensive and richly illustrated chapter on the development of English. All this, coupled with new exercises and prompts to enhance the learning experience, cements Ballard’s book as the English language textbook of choice.”

• PART I: INTRODUCTION1. IntroductionPART II: LEXICAL FRAMEWORKS2. Word Classes3. Word FormationPART III: GRAMMATICAL FRAMEWORKS4. Inflections5. Phrases6. Clauses7. SentencesPART IV: DISCOURSE FRAMEWORKS8. Beyond SentencesPART V: PHONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS9. Phonetics and Phonemes10. Segmental Phonology11. Suprasegmental PhonologyPART VI: BROADER PERSPECTIVES12. Variation in Present-day English13. Historical EnglishPhonetic and Other SymbolsGlossary

Kim Ballard is the former Head of English at Esher Sixth Form College as well as former Chief Examiner for Edexcel A level English language. She now works as a freelance writer.

“This fourth edition retains the remarkably clear exposition and coverage of all the linguistic nuts and bolts a student needs to know. In addition, complementing the current chapter on present-day variation, there is a new extensive and richly illustrated chapter on the development of English. All this, coupled with new exercises and prompts to enhance the learning experience, cements Ballard’s book as the English language textbook of choice.”

• PART I: INTRODUCTION1. IntroductionPART II: LEXICAL FRAMEWORKS2. Word Classes3. Word FormationPART III: GRAMMATICAL FRAMEWORKS4. Inflections5. Phrases6. Clauses7. SentencesPART IV: DISCOURSE FRAMEWORKS8. Beyond SentencesPART V: PHONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS9. Phonetics and Phonemes10. Segmental Phonology11. Suprasegmental PhonologyPART VI: BROADER PERSPECTIVES12. Variation in Present-day English13. Historical EnglishPhonetic and Other SymbolsGlossary