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Produktdetails

ISBN

978-1-292-02652-7

Auflage

3

Erscheinungsdatum

24.07.2013

Einband

Taschenbuch

Verlag

Pearson Education Limited

Seitenzahl

568

Maße (L/B/H)

27,6/21,6/3,1 cm

Gewicht

1174 g

Sprache

Englisch

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

ISBN

978-1-292-02652-7

Auflage

3

Erscheinungsdatum

24.07.2013

Einband

Taschenbuch

Verlag

Pearson Education Limited

Seitenzahl

568

Maße (L/B/H)

27,6/21,6/3,1 cm

Gewicht

1174 g

Sprache

Englisch

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Pearson
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81541 München
DE

Email: salesde@pearson.com

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  • Produktbild: How English Works: A Linguistic Introduction
  • Brief Contents

     

     

    Glossary 

    Inside Front Cover  Dialect Map of American English, Consonant Phonemes of American English, Vowel Phonemes of American English

    Inside Back Cover Brief Timeline for the History of the English Language

    Detailed Contents

    List of Symbols, Linguistic Conventions, and Common Abbreviations 

    What’s New to This Edition  

    Preface to Instructors   

    Letter to Students   

     

    Chapter 1     A Language like English 

    Chapter 2 Language and Authority 

    Chapter 3 English Phonology 

    Chapter 4 English Morphology 

    Chapter 5 English Syntax: The Grammar of Words 

    Chapter 6 English Syntax: Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences 

    Chapter 7 Semantics 

    Chapter 8 Spoken Discourse 

    Chapter 9 Stylistics 

    Chapter 10   Language Acquisition 

    Chapter 11   Language Variation 

    Chapter 12   American Dialects 

    Chapter 13   History of English: Old to Early Modern English 

    Chapter 14   History of English: Modern and Future English 

    Bibliography 

    Credits 

    Index 

    Detailed Table of Contents

     

     Glossary 

    Inside Front Cover Consonant Phonemes of English, Vowel Phonemes of English, Phonetic Alphabet for American English

    Inside Back Cover Brief Timeline for the History of the English Language

    List of Symbols, Linguistic Conventions, and Common Abbreviations  xviii

    What’s New to This Edition   

    Preface to Instructors   

    Letter to Students  

     

    Chapter 1    A Language Like English  

    The Story of Aks  

    Language, Language Everywhere 

    The Power of Language  

    Name Calling 

    Judging by Ear 

    A Question to Discuss: What Makes Us Hear an Accent?

    The System of Language 

    Arbitrariness and Systematicity 

    A Scholar to Know: Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913) 

    Creativity 

    Grammar 

    Linguistics 

    Human Language versus Animal Communication 

    Birds and Bees 

    Chimps and Bonobos 

    Distinctive Characteristics of Human Language 

    The Process of Language Change 

    Language Genealogies 

    A Question to Discuss: Can Your Language Peeves Be Rethought? 

    Mechanics of Language Change 

    Progress or Decay? 

    Special Focus: Attitudes about Language Change 

    Summary  

    Suggested Reading 

    Exercises 

     

    Chapter 2 Language and Authority 

    Who Is in Control? 

    Language Academies 

    Language Mavens 

    A Question to Discuss: Does the SAT Know Good Grammar from Bad? 

    Defining Standard English

    Descriptive versus Prescriptive Grammar Rules 

    Case Study One: Multiple Negatives 

    Case Study Two: Ain’t  

    Case Study Three: Who and Whom<