Introducing English Linguistics

By:

Charles F. Meyer

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics

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Are you looking for a genuine introduction to the linguistics of English that provides a broad overview of the subject that sustains students' interest and avoids excessive detail? Introducing English Linguistics accomplishes this goal in two ways. First, it takes a top-down approach to language, beginning with the largest unit of linguistic structure, the text, and working its way down through successively smaller structures (sentences, words, and finally speech sounds). The advantage of presenting language this way is that students are first given the larger picture - they study language in context - and then see how the smaller pieces of language are a consequence of the larger goals of linguistic communication. Second, the book does not contain invented examples, as is the case with most comparable texts, but instead takes its sample materials from the major computerised databases of spoken and written English, giving students a more realistic view of language.

Author Biography:

Charles F. Meyer is Professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. His recent publications include English Corpus Linguistics: An Introduction (Cambridge, 2002).

Release date Australia

May 14th, 2009

Author

Charles F. Meyer

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

16 Tables, unspecified

Pages

270

Series

Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics

Dimensions

174x248x14

ISBN-13

9780521541220

Product ID

3097690

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