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The past, present and future of English parsing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

David Crystal
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The teaching of ‘grammar’ is a matter of controversy in educational circles. In recent decades the pendulum has swung away from traditional ‘parsing’ towards ‘language in use’ – accompanied by cheers and fears in roughly equal measure. Is compromise possible between the two extremes, or even something better than simple compromise?

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English Today , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , July 1985 , pp. 21 - 25
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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