Corpus linguistics and English reference grammars

ThepresentpaperbeginswithadiscussionofmajorconceptualandmethodologicaldifferencesbetweenthenewCambridgeGrammaroftheEnglishLanguage(CamGr),theComprehensiveGrammaroftheEnglishLanguage(CGEL),andtheLongmanGrammarofSpokenandWrittenEnglish(LGSWE).Thedifferentappr