English words : a linguistic introduction / / Heidi Harley
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| Autore: |
Harley Heidi
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| Titolo: |
English words : a linguistic introduction / / Heidi Harley
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, Massachusetts ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Carlton, Victoria : , : Blackwell Publishing, , 2006 |
| ©2006 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 425 |
| Soggetto topico: | English language - Word formation |
| English language - Morphology | |
| English language - Phonology | |
| English language - Semantics | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preface; Acknowledgments; IPA Transcription Key; 1 What Is a Word?; 1.1 Explaining Word in Words; 1.2 Language Is a Secret Decoder Ring; 1.3 Wordhood: The Whole Kit and Caboodle; 1.4 Two Kinds of Words; 1.5 The Anatomy of a Listeme; 1.6 What Don't You Have to Learn When You're Learning a Word?; 1.7 A Scientific Approach to Language; Appendix: Basic Grammatical Terms; Study Problems; Further Reading; 2 Sound and Fury: English Phonology; 2.1 English Spelling and English Pronunciation; 2.2 The Voice Box; 2.3 The Building Blocks of Words I: Consonants in the IPA |
| 2.4 Building Blocks II: Vowels and the IPA2.5 Families of Sounds and Grimm's Law: A Case in Point; Study Problems; Further Reading; 3 Phonological Words: Calling All Scrabble Players!; 3.1 Guessing at Words: The Scrabble Problem; 3.2 Building Blocks III: The Syllable; 3.3 Phonotactic Restrictions on English Syllables; 3.4 From a Stream of Sound into Words: Speech Perception; 3.5 Syllables, Rhythm, and Stress; 3.6 Using Stress to Parse the Speech Stream in | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A comprehensive introduction to the study of English words from a theoretically informed linguistic perspective. This book aims to give students a command of the basic theory in each area, skill in analyzing and understanding English words, and the foundation needed for more advanced study in linguistic theory or lexicology. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | English words |
| ISBN: | 1-119-48567-3 |
| 1-4443-4161-8 | |
| 1-4051-4891-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457713303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Language library.