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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mair, Christian,

Titel

English linguistics : an introduction

Auflage

Fourth edition

Ort / Verlag

Tübingen, Germany : Narr Francke Attempto,

Erscheinungsjahr

[2022]

Link zum Volltext

• UTB Scholars Vollzugriff 2024
• Narr Francke Attempto Verlag E-Books Zugriff 2024

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes index.
• Intro -- Titelseite -- Impressum -- Contents -- Preface Preface: how to use this book -- Unit 1 Introduction - linguistic and other approaches to language -- 1.1 Orientation -- 1.2 Demonstration/discussion -- 1.3 Problems and challenges -- 1.4 Practice -- Unit 2 Phonetics and phonology - the sounds of speech -- 2.1 Orientation -- 2.1.1 Sounds and letters: The need for a phonetic alphabet -- 2.1.2 Sounds as sounds, and sounds as elements of linguistic systems: From phonetics to phonology -- 2.1.3 Stress, pitch, intonation - phonetics and phonology beyond the individual sound -- 2.2 Demonstration/discussion -- 2.3 Problems and challenges -- 2.4 Practice -- Unit 3 Morphology and word-formation - the structure of the word -- 3.1 Orientation -- 3.1.1 Free and bound morphemes -- 3.1.2 Lexical and grammatical morphemes -- 3.2 Demonstration/discussion: The major word formation strategies of present-day English -- 3.3 Problems and challenges -- 3.4 Practice -- Unit 4 Syntax I/general principles - the structure of the clause -- 4.1 Orientation -- 4.1.1 Words, phrases, clauses and sentences -- 4.1.2 Form categories and their grammatical functions -- 4.2 Demonstration/discussion -- 4.2.1 Basic strategies for the expression of grammatical relations -- 4.2.2 Typological classification of languages -- 4.3 Problems and challenges -- 4.4 Practice -- Unit 5 Syntax II/the fundamentals of English grammar -- 5.1 Orientation -- 5.1.1 Parts of speech -- 5.1.2 Phrases -- 5.1.3 Seven basic clause patterns -- 5.2 Demonstration/discussion -- 5.3 Problems and challenges -- 5.4 Practice -- Unit 6 Semantics and lexicology - the meaning of words -- 6.1 Orientation -- 6.2 Demonstration/discussion -- 6.3 Problems and challenges -- 6.4 Practice -- Unit 7 Pragmatics and discourse analysis -- 7.1 Orientation.
• 7.2 Demonstration/discussion -- 7.3 Problems and challenges -- 7.4 Practice -- Unit 8 Applied linguistics, language teaching and translation studies -- 8.1 Orientation -- 8.2 Demonstration/discussion -- 8.3 Problems and challenges -- 8.4 Practice -- Unit 9 A pluricentric language - standard Englishes around the world -- 9.1 Orientation -- 9.2 Demonstration/discussion -- 9.3 Problems and challenges -- 9.4 Practice -- Unit 10 Dialectology - regional variation in English -- 10.1 Orientation -- 10.2 Demonstration/discussion -- 10.3 Problems and challenges -- 10.4 Practice -- Unit 11 Language in the city - social and ethnic variation, multilingualism -- 11.1 Orientation -- 11.2 Demonstration/discussion -- 11.3 Problems and challenges -- 11.4 Practice -- Unit 12 Language change and the history of English -- 12.1 Orientation -- 12.1.1 Old English period (c. 500 - c. 1100) -- 12.1.2 Middle English period (c. 1100 - c. 1500) -- 12.1.3 Early Modern English period (c. 1500 - c. 1750) -- 12.1.4 Late Modern English and Present-Day English (since c. 1750) -- 12.2 Demonstration/discussion -- 12.3 Problems and challenges -- 12.4 Practice -- Unit 13 Past masters, current trends - theorising linguistics for students of English -- 13.1 Orientation -- 13.2 Demonstration/discussion -- 13.3 Problems and challenges -- 13.4 Practice -- Unit 14 Linguistics and the public - language myths, language politics, language planning and language rights -- 14.1 Orientation -- 14.2 Demonstration/discussion -- 14.3 Problems and challenges -- 14.4 Practice -- Glossary Glossary of linguistic terms -- Index -- Index of Names -- Subject Index.
• Description based on print version record.