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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153108303321

Autore

Curzan Anne

Titolo

How english works : a linguistic introduction / / Anne Curzan, Michael Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-292-03891-8

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 recurso online (561 p.)

Collana

Pearson custom library

Disciplina

420

Soggetti

English language - Grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Glossary -- 1. A Language Like English -- 2. Language and Authority -- 3. English Phonology -- 4. English Morphology -- 5. English Syntax: The Grammar of Words -- 6. English Syntax: Phrases: Clauses, and Sentences -- 7. Semantics -- 8. Spoken Discourse -- 9. Stylistics -- 10. Language Acquisition -- 11. Language Variation -- 12. American Dialects -- 13. History of English: Old to Early Modern English -- 14. History of English: Modern and Future English -- Bibliography -- Brief Timeline of the History of the English Language -- List of Symbols, Linguistic Conventions, and Common Abbreviations -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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 book's 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.