Introduction 0.1 Development of Grammars 0.2 Types of Grammar 0.3 Grammar in Relation to Other Levels of Linguistic Structure Chapter 1. Some Basic Concepts 1.1 Linguistic Prescription 1.2 Problems of Linguistic Prescription 1.3 Prescription and Description in Conflict 1.4 Synthesis Chapter 2. Traditional Grammar 2.1 Survey of Traditional Grammar 2.2 Key Concepts of Traditional Grammar Chapter 3. Transformational-Generative Grammar 3.1 Generative Grammar 3.2 Transformational grammar Chapter 4. Systemic Functional Grammar 4.1 Why is it Called Systemic Functional Linguistics? 4.2 Register 4.3 Individual Text and Language Systems 4.4 Everyday and Academic Language Chapter 5. The Clause in English 5.1 Form and Function of the Clause in English 5.2 Subject 5.3 Verb 5.4 Direct Object 5.5 Indirect Object 5.6 Object Complement 5.7 The Subject Complement 5.8 The Adverbial and Adverbial Complement 5.9 Grammatical Ambiguity Chapter 6. The Phrase in English 6.1 The Noun Phrase 6.2 The Verb Phrase 6.3 The Adjective Phrase 6.4 The Adverb Phrase 6.5 The Prepositional Phrase Chapter 7. The Structure of Words and Word Classes in English 7.1 The Structure of Words 7.2 Word Classes Chapter 8. Coordination and Subordination 8.1 On the Concept of Clause and Sentence 8.2 Forms of the Subordinate Clause 8.3 Functions of the Subordinate Clause Chapter 9. The Grammatical Foundations of Style 9.1 Metafunction 9.2 Grammar around and beyond the Clause 9.3 Grammatical Metaphor Chapter 10. Functional Re-evaluation of Grammatical Forms in Context 10.1 Potential Polysemy in Grammar 10.2 Synonymy in Grammar 10.3 Grammatical Doublets Chapter 11. Pedagogic Granunar and Second Language Acquisition 11.1 Language Teaching Methodology and Grammar Instruction 11.2 Second Language Acquisition Theories and Teachability of Grammar 11.3 Role of Explicit Grammar Instruction 11.4 Target Structures of Explicit Grammarlnstruction 11.5 Considerations in Grammar Books from the Learner' s Viewpoint 11.6 Design of a Pedagogic Grammar Bibliography