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Discovering Language: The Structure of Modern English [Hardback]

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  • Formāts: Hardback, 272 pages, height x width: 234x156 mm, weight: 576 g, 272 p., 1 Hardback
  • Sērija : Perspectives on the English Language
  • Izdošanas datums: 14-Jul-2006
  • Izdevniecība: Red Globe Press
  • ISBN-10: 1403912610
  • ISBN-13: 9781403912619
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 272 pages, height x width: 234x156 mm, weight: 576 g, 272 p., 1 Hardback
  • Sērija : Perspectives on the English Language
  • Izdošanas datums: 14-Jul-2006
  • Izdevniecība: Red Globe Press
  • ISBN-10: 1403912610
  • ISBN-13: 9781403912619
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This text provides students with the basic descriptive knowledge they are required to master before moving on to more advanced study. The book is organized under thematic headings, which are thoroughly cross-referenced, enabling students and teachers to use the book as required--either as a course text or to help with individual aspects of language. Each section includes an introduction, worked examples, in context sections relating the topic to real text examples, suggestions for further reading and analysis and a summary. This text provides students with the basic descriptive knowledge they are required to master before moving on to more advanced study. The book is organized under thematic headings, which are thoroughly cross-referenced, enabling students and teachers to use the book as required--either as a course text or to help with individual aspects of language. Each section includes an introduction, worked examples, in context sections relating the topic to real text examples, suggestions for further reading and analysis and a summary.
List of Figures xii
List of Tables xiii
Series Preface xv
Acknowledgements xvii
Introduction 1(7)
1 Phonetics 8(36)
1.1 Introduction: human speech sounds
8(2)
1.2 Vocal apparatus
10(5)
1.2.1 Lungs to larynx
11(1)
1.2.2 The oral and nasal cavities
12(3)
1.3 Segments of sound
15(2)
1.3.1 Consonants versus vowels
16(1)
1.4 Consonants
17(12)
1.4.1 Place of articulation
18(3)
1.4.2 Manner of articulation
21(2)
1.4.3 Voicing
23(2)
1.4.4 English consonants
25(4)
1.5 Vowels
29(8)
1.5.1 The vowel chart
29(3)
1.5.2 Front vowels
32(1)
1.5.3 Back vowels
33(1)
1.5.4 Central vowels
34(1)
1.5.5 Diphthongs
35(1)
1.5.6 Summary of English vowel sounds
36(1)
1.6 Larger units
37(6)
1.6.1 Syllables in English
38(2)
1.6.2 Consonant clusters
40(1)
1.6.3 Word stress
41(2)
1.7 Further reading
43(1)
2 Phonology 44(27)
2.1 Introduction: English speech sounds
44(2)
2.2 Phonemes
46(6)
2.2.1 Minimal pairs
47(2)
2.2.2 Allophones
49(1)
2.2.3 Free variation
50(2)
2.3 Connected speech
52(8)
2.3.1 Assimilation
53(4)
2.3.2 Elision
57(2)
2.3.3 Insertion
59(1)
2.4 Intonation and stress
60(10)
2.4.1 Utterance stress
61(3)
2.4.2 Tones
64(3)
2.4.3 Tone groups
67(2)
2.4.4 Discourse intonation
69(1)
2.5 Further reading
70(1)
3 Word 71(31)
3.1 Introduction: word structures and classes
71(1)
3.2 Morphology
72(4)
3.2.1 Free and bound morphemes
73(2)
3.2.2 Allomorphs
75(1)
3.3 Word formation
76(7)
3.3.1 Inflection
77(3)
3.3.2 Derivation
80(2)
3.3.3 Compounding
82(1)
3.4 Lexical word classes
83(9)
3.4.1 Noun
83(3)
3.4.2 Verb
86(3)
3.4.3 Adjective
89(1)
3.4.4 Adverb
90(2)
3.5 Grammatical word classes
92(9)
3.5.1 Pronoun
93(3)
3.5.2 Determiner
96(1)
3.5.3 Preposition
97(2)
3.5.4 Conjunction
99(1)
3.4.5 Auxiliary verb
99(2)
3.6 Further reading
101(1)
4 Phrase 102(22)
4.1 Introduction: structures larger than words
102(1)
4.2 Phrase structures
103(20)
4.2.1 Noun phrase (NP)
104(12)
4.2.2 Verb phrase (VP)
116(5)
4.2.3 Adjective phrase (AjP)
121(1)
4.2.4 Adverb phrase (AvP)
122(1)
4.2.5 Prepositional phrase (PP)
122(1)
4.3 Further reading
123(1)
5 Clause and Sentence 124(32)
5.1 Introduction: idealised structures
124(1)
5.2 Clause functions
125(12)
5.2.1 Subject (S)
126(1)
5.2.2 Predicator (P)
127(1)
5.2.3 Object (0)
128(1)
5.2.4 Complement (C)
129(5)
5.2.5 Adverbial (A)
134(3)
5.3 Form and function relationships
137(14)
5.3.1 Simple clause structures
138(3)
5.3.2 Coordinated structures
141(3)
5.3.3 Subordinate structures
144(7)
5.4 Information structure
151(3)
5.4.1 Cleft sentences/fronting
151(2)
5.4.2 Transformations
153(1)
5.5 Further reading
154(2)
6 Semantics 156(26)
6.1 Introduction: lexical meaning
156(2)
6.2 Multiple meaning
158(5)
6.2.1 Homonymy
159(3)
6.2.2 Polysemy
162(1)
6.3 Lexical description
163(5)
6.3.1 Semantic features
164(2)
6.3.2 Semantic fields
166(2)
6.4 Sense relations
168(7)
6.4.1 Synonymy
169(1)
6.4.2 Hyponymy
170(2)
6.4.3 Meronymy
172(1)
6.4.4 Oppositeness (antonymy)
172(3)
6.5 Semantic contexts
175(5)
6.5.1 Collocation
176(2)
6.5.2 Connotation
178(2)
6.6 Further reading
180(2)
7 Theory, Text and Context 182(20)
7.1 Introduction: beyond the sentence
182(1)
7.2 Cohesion
183(5)
7.2.1 Repetition
184(1)
7.2.2 Reference
184(1)
7.2.3 Substitution
185(1)
7.2.4 Ellipsis
185(1)
7.2.5 Conjunction
186(1)
7.2.6 Lexical cohesion
187(1)
7.3 Conversation
188(2)
7.3.1 Turn-taking
188(1)
7.3.2 The cooperative principle
189(1)
7.4 Context
190(2)
7.4.1 Deixis
190(1)
7.4.2 Metafunctions
191(1)
7.5 Design features of human language
192(3)
7.5.1 Arbitrariness
192(1)
7.5.2 Duality or patterning
193(1)
7.5.3 Open-endedness
193(1)
7.5.4 Displacement/stimulus freedom
194(1)
7.6 Dimensions of language
195(1)
7.6.1 Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relationships
195(1)
7.6.2 Diachronic and synchronic dimensions of study
196(1)
7.7 Language system and use
196(4)
7.7.1 Langue and parole, competence and performance
197(1)
7.7.2 Reference and sense
198(1)
7.7.3 Sign, signifier and signified
198(1)
7.7.4 Denotation and connotation
199(1)
7.7.5 The Sapir—Whorf effect
200(1)
7.8 Further reading
200(2)
Bibliography 202(3)
Exercises and Questions 205(6)
Chapter 1 Phonetics
205(1)
Chapter 2 Phonology
206(2)
Chapter 3 Word
208(1)
Chapter 4 Phrase
208(1)
Chapter 5 Clause and sentence
209(1)
Chapter 6 Semantics
210(1)
Answers to the exercises 211(8)
Appendix: Syntactic Tree Diagrams 219(5)
Glossary 224(21)
Index 245


LESLEY JEFFRIES is Principal Lecturer in English at Huddersfield University, UK. She is author of Meaning in English and The Language of Twentieth Century Poetry, and series editor for Perspectives on the English Language.