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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788398803321

Autore

Herbst Thomas <1953->

Titolo

English linguistics [[electronic resource] ] : a coursebook for students of English / / by Thomas Herbst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2010

ISBN

1-283-39844-3

9786613398444

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Collana

Mouton Textbook

Classificazione

HF 100

Disciplina

428.2/4

Soggetti

Linguistics

Language and languages

English language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



analysis of corpora, especially with respect to the idiomatic character of language (idiom principle, valency approach).