How English Works: A Linguistic Introduction (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
568
Utgivningsdatum
2013-07-24
Upplaga
3
Förlag
Pearson
Medarbetare
Adams, Michael
Dimensioner
270 x 210 x 30 mm
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1360 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781292026527

How English Works: A Linguistic Introduction

Pearson New International Edition

av Anne Curzan
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Häftad,  Engelska, 2013-07-24
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This accessible introduction to the structure of English, general theories in linguistics, and important issues in sociolinguistics, is the first text written specifically for English and Education majors.

This engaging introductory language/linguistics textbook provides more extensive coverage of issues of particular interest to English majors and future English instructors. It invites all students to connect academic linguistics to the everyday use of the English language around them. The books approach taps students natural curiosity about the English language. Through exercises and discussion questions about ongoing changes in English, How English Works asks students to become active participants in the construction of linguistic knowledge.
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Brief Contents

 

 

Glossary 

Inside Front Cover  Dialect Map of American English, Consonant Phonemes of American English, Vowel Phonemes of American English

Inside Back Cover Brief Timeline for the History of the English Language

Detailed Contents

List of Symbols, Linguistic Conventions, and Common Abbreviations 

Whats New to This Edition  

Preface to Instructors   

Letter to Students   

 

Chapter 1     A Language like English 

Chapter 2 Language and Authority 

Chapter 3 English Phonology 

Chapter 4 English Morphology 

Chapter 5 English Syntax: The Grammar of Words 

Chapter 6 English Syntax: Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences 

Chapter 7 Semantics 

Chapter 8 Spoken Discourse 

Chapter 9 Stylistics 

Chapter 10   Language Acquisition 

Chapter 11   Language Variation 

Chapter 12   American Dialects 

Chapter 13   History of English: Old to Early Modern English 

Chapter 14   History of English: Modern and Future English 

Bibliography 

Credits 

Index 

Detailed Table of Contents

 

 Glossary 

Inside Front Cover Consonant Phonemes of English, Vowel Phonemes of English, Phonetic Alphabet for American English

Inside Back Cover Brief Timeline for the History of the English Language

List of Symbols, Linguistic Conventions, and Common Abbreviations  xviii

Whats New to This Edition   

Preface to Instructors   

Letter to Students  

 

Chapter 1   A Language Like English 

The Story of Aks 

Language, Language Everywhere 

The Power of Language 

Name Calling 

Judging by Ear 

A Question to Discuss: What Makes Us Hear an Accent?

The System of Language 

Arbitrariness and Systematicity 

A Scholar to Know: Ferdinand de Saussure (18571913) 

Creativity 

Grammar 

Linguistics 

Human Language versus Animal Communication 

Birds and Bees 

Chimps and Bonobos  ...

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