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Autore |
Herbst Thomas <1953-> |
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Titolo |
English linguistics [[electronic resource] ] : a coursebook for students of English / / by Thomas Herbst |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-39844-3 |
9786613398444 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Collana |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Linguistics |
Language and languages |
English language |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- The English language and linguistics -- 1. Facts about English -- 2. Principles of modern linguistics -- 3. Language, intuition and corpora -- Sounds -- 4. The sounds of English: phonetics -- 5. Phonology -- 6. Phonetic "reality" -- 7. Contrastive aspects of phonetics and phonology -- Meaning-carrying units -- 8. Morphology -- 9. Word formation -- 10. Phraseology -- Sentences - models of grammar -- 11. Syntax: traditional grammar -- 12. Valency theory and case grammar -- 13. Theories of grammar and language acquisition -- Meaning -- 14. Semantics: meaning, reference and denotation -- 15. Meaning relations -- 16. Ways of describing meaning -- Utterances -- 17. Pragmatics -- 18. Texts -- Variation -- 19. Variation in language -- 20. Linguistic change -- Backmatter |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The book introduces the reader to the central areas of English linguistics. The main sections are: the English language and linguistics - sounds - meaning-carrying units - sentences: models of grammar - meaning - utterances - variation. Notably, the book is written from a foreign student's perspective of the English language, i.e. aspects relevant to foreign language teaching receive particular attention. A great deal of emphasis is put on the insights to be gained from the |
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