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Introduction to English Linguistics.
The book introduces beginning university students to the study of English linguistics, with a strong focus on linguistic analysis and argumentation. Students are familiarized with the necessary methodological tools to obtain relevant data (e.g. corpora, dictionaries, experiments) andlearn to systema...
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Berlin :
De Gruyter Mouton,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Abbreviations and notational conventions; Introduction; 1. The sounds: phonetics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Spelling vs. pronunciation: the representation of speech sounds; 1.3 Producing sounds; 1.4. How sounds differ from each other: the classification of speech sounds; 1.5. Conclusion; Further reading; Exercises; 2. The sound system: phonology; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Introducing order into the chaos: the phoneme; 2.3 The key to finding the order; 2.4 More about the sound system of English; 2.5 The syllable; 2.6 Conclusion; Further reading; Exercises.
- 3. The structure of words: morphology3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Minimal building blocks: morphemes; 3.3 Types of morphemes; 3.4 Morphological analysis of words; 3.5 Realisation of morphemes: allomorphs; 3.6 Morphological processes: inflection and derivation; 3.7 Word-formation; 3.8 Conclusion; Further reading; Exercises; 4. The structure of sentences: syntax; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The building blocks: words and phrases; 4.3. The functional level: subjects, objects, adverbials, predicates; 4.4 The mapping of form and function; 4.5 Conclusion; Further reading; Exercises.
- 5. The meaning of words and sentences: semantics5.1. Introduction; 5.2. What does 'meaning' mean? Words, concepts, and referents; 5.3 Compositional and non-compositional meaning; 5.4 The network: organising word meaning; 5.5 Conclusion; Further reading; Exercises; 6. Studying language in use: pragmatics; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Expressing intentions through language; 6.3 Understanding utterance meaning; 6.4 Exploring pragmatic principles; 6.5 Conclusion; Further reading; Exercises; 7. Extensions and applications: historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics; 7.1 Introduction.
- 7.2 Historical linguistics: how languages develop7.3 Sociolinguistics: the social significance of language; 7.4 Psycholinguistics: how do we store and process language?; 7.5 Conclusion; Further reading; Exercises; Glossary; References; Subject index.