English Linguistics: An Introduction

✍ Scribed by Christian Mair

• Publisher: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 295
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

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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