English Language : description, variation and context /: description, variation and context. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jonathan Culpeper, Paul Kerswill, Ruth Wodak, Tony McEnery, Francis Katamba.
• Other Names: Culpeper, Jonathan, 1966-; Kerswill, Paul; Wodak, Ruth, 1950-; McEnery, Tony, 1964-; Katamba, Francis, 1947-
• Contents: Introduction.-- 1. Studying the English language.-- Part 1. English: Structure.- 2. Phonetics.- 3. Phonology.- 4. Morphology: word structure.- 5. Grammar: words (and phrases).- 6. Grammar: phrases (and clauses).- 7. Grammar: clauses (and sentences).- 8. Text linguistics.- 9. Semantics.- 10. Pragmatics.-- Part 2. English: History.- 11. Standard English and standardization.- 12. The history of English spelling.- 13. Phonological change.- 14. Lexical change.- 15. Semantic change.- 16. Grammatical change.-- Part 3. English speech: regional and social variation.- 17. Regional variation in English accents and dialects.- 18. Language and social class.- 19. Language and ethnicity.- 20. Pidgins and creole Englishes.- 21. World Englishes and English as a lingua franca.- 22. Discourse on language: attitudes to diversity.-- Part 4. English writing: style, genre and practice.- 23. Speech, writing and discourse type.- 24. Language in newspapers.- 25. Language in advertisements.- 26. Language in literature: stylistics.- 27. Literary practices.- 28. New technologies: literacies in cyberspace.-- Part 5. English: style, communication and interaction.- 29. Structures of conversation.- 30. Language, reality and power.- 31. Politeness in interaction.- 32. Gender and language.- 33. Language and sexuality.- 34. Bad language.- 35. Language and politics.- 36. Business communication.-- Part 6: English: learning and teaching.- 37. First language acquisition.- 38. Languages and literacies in education.- 39. TESOL and linguistics.-- Part 7: English investigating.- 40. The corpus method. - 41. Methods for researching English language.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 686 pages)
• Subjects: 420; Linguistics; English language; English language -- History; English language -- Variation; Germanic languages; Grammar, Comparative and general; Phonology; Linguistic change; English language -- Introduction; English language -- Textbooks; Englisch; Foreign Language Study -- German; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Morphology; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Phonetics & Phonology; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines -- General; Grammar, syntax & morphology; Phonetics, phonology; Historical & comparative linguistics; Literary studies: general; Language: reference & general; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137571854; 1137571853
• Related ISBNs: 1137571829; 9781137571823
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