20.1900, Books: General Linguistics: Meyer

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Subject: Introducing English Linguistics: Meyer
 

	
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Title: Introducing English Linguistics 
Publication Year: 2009 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org
	
Author: Charles F. Meyer

Hardback: ISBN:  9780521833509 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 99.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9780521833509 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 55.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9780521541220 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 19.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9780521541220 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 34.99


Abstract:

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. 



1. The study of language;
2. The development of English; 
3. The social context of English; 
4. The structure of English texts; 
5. English syntax; 
6. English words: structure and meaning; 
7. The sounds of English. 


Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=41764


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