Trini Stickle is Associate Professor of English at Western Kentucky University, USA.Veronika Drake is Professor of English at Saginaw Valley State University, USA.

• List of Figures PrefaceAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Which Englishes Do You Speak? 2. Becoming Fluent in Linguistics: Foundations for Grammar3. Not Just ‘Things:’ The Noun4. Enter Modifiers for Detail: Part 1 - Adjectives 5. Enter Modifiers for Detail: Part 2 - Adverbs 6. (Em)Powering the Clause: The Verb 7. Lending a helping hand: the Auxiliary Verb8. Respectfully Replacing Nouns: The Pronoun 9. Connecting Everything: Functional Word Categories10. How Words Stick Together: The Case for Phrases 11. How phrases stick together: Sentence Patterns 12. Time and time again: Tense, Aspect, and Finiteness 13. Are You Talkin’ to Me? Mood and Voice14. To Be Or Not To Be: Coordination and Subordination15. Stop, Pause, Consider: The Role of PunctuationAnswer keyGlossaryBibliography Index

What makes this book one-of-a-kind is the way it enacts linguistic justice. By foregrounding the systematicity of multiple Englishes—especially AAL and CHE—you normalize these varieties and invite readers to appreciate their full grammatical richness.

Trini Stickle is Associate Professor of English at Western Kentucky University, USA.Veronika Drake is Professor of English at Saginaw Valley State University, USA.

• List of Figures PrefaceAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Which Englishes Do You Speak? 2. Becoming Fluent in Linguistics: Foundations for Grammar3. Not Just ‘Things:’ The Noun4. Enter Modifiers for Detail: Part 1 - Adjectives 5. Enter Modifiers for Detail: Part 2 - Adverbs 6. (Em)Powering the Clause: The Verb 7. Lending a helping hand: the Auxiliary Verb8. Respectfully Replacing Nouns: The Pronoun 9. Connecting Everything: Functional Word Categories10. How Words Stick Together: The Case for Phrases 11. How phrases stick together: Sentence Patterns 12. Time and time again: Tense, Aspect, and Finiteness 13. Are You Talkin’ to Me? Mood and Voice14. To Be Or Not To Be: Coordination and Subordination15. Stop, Pause, Consider: The Role of PunctuationAnswer keyGlossaryBibliography Index

What makes this book one-of-a-kind is the way it enacts linguistic justice. By foregrounding the systematicity of multiple Englishes—especially AAL and CHE—you normalize these varieties and invite readers to appreciate their full grammatical richness.

Trini Stickle is Associate Professor of English at Western Kentucky University, USA.Veronika Drake is Professor of English at Saginaw Valley State University, USA.

• List of Figures PrefaceAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Which Englishes Do You Speak? 2. Becoming Fluent in Linguistics: Foundations for Grammar3. Not Just ‘Things:’ The Noun4. Enter Modifiers for Detail: Part 1 - Adjectives 5. Enter Modifiers for Detail: Part 2 - Adverbs 6. (Em)Powering the Clause: The Verb 7. Lending a helping hand: the Auxiliary Verb8. Respectfully Replacing Nouns: The Pronoun 9. Connecting Everything: Functional Word Categories10. How Words Stick Together: The Case for Phrases 11. How phrases stick together: Sentence Patterns 12. Time and time again: Tense, Aspect, and Finiteness 13. Are You Talkin’ to Me? Mood and Voice14. To Be Or Not To Be: Coordination and Subordination15. Stop, Pause, Consider: The Role of PunctuationAnswer keyGlossaryBibliography Index

What makes this book one-of-a-kind is the way it enacts linguistic justice. By foregrounding the systematicity of multiple Englishes—especially AAL and CHE—you normalize these varieties and invite readers to appreciate their full grammatical richness.