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, be
Introduction to English Language
β Scribed by N. F. Blake, Jean Moorhead (auth.)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 191
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Describing the Structure and Sounds of English....Pages 1-28
Language Acquisition....Pages 29-54
Language Change....Pages 55-79
Language Variety and the Social Context....Pages 80-104
Applying Language Study to Texts....Pages 105-146
Undertaking a Language Project....Pages 147-158
Back Matter....Pages 159-178
β¦ Subjects
English; Grammar; Phonology; Applied Linguistics; Language Change; Sociolinguistics
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