The chapter ends with a comparative analysis of two passages, one scientific and one pedagogic, on the same grammatical area using these criteria. Then there is a lengthy discussion of different approaches to exemplification, in particular the relative merits of contrived and ‘authentic’ examples.
Finding patterns through words: Pattern information in. the use of words such as ‘state’, ‘action’, ‘event’ to describe the meaning of verbs. Pattern Grammar is a corpus-driven grammar of English which describes the. modal auxiliaries such as can and adverbs such as generally to indicate some form of hedging on statements, which is very common whether to use personal pronouns ( we, you) to address the reader, or a passive, and the pros and cons of each Following this there is a consideration of three other important issues based on a research project (METALANG) using a corpus of grammatical description: This chapter outlines a number of issues which are important in grammatical description (though they are often taken for granted) and which can affect readers’ understanding: the depth and refinement of the description, how to distinguish between different uses, and how to recognise and verbalise the concepts of formality and acceptability.
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