Cambridge Topics in English Language Language Change
Cambridge Topics in English Language Language Change

Author: Ian Cushing

Publisher:

Published: 2018-05-10

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1108402232

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This is a general introduction to the methods and principles behind English linguistics study, suitable for students at advanced level and beyond. Written with input from the Cambridge Corpus, it looks at the way meaning is made using authentic written and spoken examples. This helps students give confident analysis and articulate responses. Using short activities to help explain analysis methods, the book guides students through major modern issues and concepts. It summarises key concerns and modern findings, while providing inspiration for language investigations and non-examined assessments (NEAs) with research suggestions.

The Changing English Language
The Changing English Language

Author: Marianne Hundt

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-07-20

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 1107086868

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Experts from psycholinguistics and English historical linguistics address core factors in language change.

Attitudes to Language
Attitudes to Language

Author: Dan Clayton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-01-25

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1108402143

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Essential study guides for the future linguist. Attitudes to Language is an introduction to the facts and fallacies behind our beliefs about 'good English'. It is suitable for advanced level students and beyond. Written with input from the Cambridge English Corpus, it looks at contemporary attitudes to language, the role of technology, language variation - such as accents and dialects - and frameworks for analysing how people use language to discuss language. Using activities to explain analysis methods, this book guides students through modern issues and concepts. It summarises key concerns and modern findings, while providing inspiration for language investigations and non-examined assessments (NEAs) with research suggestions.

Text Analysis and Representation
Text Analysis and Representation

Author: Ian Cushing

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-01-25

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1108401112

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Essential study guides for the future linguist. Text Analysis and Representation is a general introduction to the methods and principles behind English linguistics study, suitable for students at advanced level and beyond. Written with input from the Cambridge English Corpus, it looks at the way meaning is made using authentic written and spoken examples. This helps students give confident analysis and articulate responses. Using short activities to help explain analysis methods, this book guides students through major modern issues and concepts. It summarises key concerns and modern findings, while providing inspiration for language investigations and non-examined assessments (NEAs) with research suggestions.

Cambridge International AS and A Level English Language Coursebook
Cambridge International AS and A Level English Language Coursebook

Author: Mike Gould

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-08-21

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1107662273

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Comprehensive student-friendly resources designed for teaching Cambridge International AS and A Level English Language (syllabus 9093). The core aim of this Coursebook is to help students to develop and apply the key skills they need to achieve in AS and A Level English Language. They will build the skills needed for assessment through frequent activities. Divided into two distinct parts for AS and A Level studies, the book covers a wide range of reading skills, such as understanding aspects of style, voice and tone. It also addresses the conventions of key kinds of writing and spoken language, from scripted speeches to travel articles, and looks at how they can capture these conventions in their own work.

Millennia of Language Change
Millennia of Language Change

Author: Peter Trudgill

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-04-16

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 1108477399

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This collection brings together Peter Trudgill's essays on the sociolinguistic aspects of historical linguistics for the first time.

Understanding Language Change
Understanding Language Change

Author: April M. S. McMahon

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1994-03-17

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780521446655

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This textbook analyses changes from every area of grammar and addresses recent developments in socio-historical linguistics.

Language Diversity and World Englishes
Language Diversity and World Englishes

Author: Dan Clayton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-01-25

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1108402259

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Essential study guides for the future linguist. Language Diversity and World Englishes is an introduction to the variation of English throughout the UK and around the world. It is suitable for students at advanced level and beyond. Written with input from the Cambridge English Corpus, it examines how language varies among different geographical, ethnic and social groups, as well as looking at differing perceptions of language varieties. Using short activities to help explain analysis methods, this book guides students through major modern issues and concepts. It summarises key concerns and modern findings, while providing inspiration for language investigations and non-examined assessments (NEAs) with research suggestions.

Language Development
Language Development

Author: Rachel Rudman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-01-25

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1108402275

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Essential study guides for the future linguist. Language Development is an introduction to how we learn to speak, read and write. It is suitable for advanced level students and beyond. Written with input from the Cambridge English Corpus, it considers the theoretical approaches to language development from early childhood to teenager. Language Development explores the lifelong process of learning a language, as well as the social factors that affect it. Using activities to help explain analysis methods, this book guides students through major modern issues and concepts. It summarises key concerns and modern findings, while providing inspiration for language investigations and non-examined assessments (NEAs) with research suggestions.

Language Change
Language Change

Author: Joan Bybee

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-05-28

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1107020166

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This new introduction explores all aspects of language change, with an emphasis on the role of cognition and language use.