For several decades now, English grammar has been synonym to the grammar of written English, that is, spoken English has been completely neglected to the benefit of writing. The introduction of new technologies in linguistic research and the compilation of linguistic corpora have facilitated the access to spoken English. In answer to this, SPERTUS intends to focus entirely on the description of modern oral English grammar. This project is also concerned with the description of spoken English according to text-type or gender and with the study of English speech from the perspective of teaching and learning. [Learn more...]