The English Language and Linguistics Companion
The English Language and Linguistics Companion

Author: Keith Allan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-09-16

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1349923958

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Interested in discovering how language works? Daunted by the prospect of studying linguistics at university? The English Language and Linguistics Companion is a tool-kit for the novice linguist. Integrating study skills with substantive coverage, it offers an innovative approach to the study of English language and linguistics, helping students see how their chosen discipline 'fits together'. A one-stop resource, this practical and highly accessible guide: - Provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary approaches to the study of language and outlines the contribution of significant scholars to the development of the field. - Introduces the core topics and concepts of linguistics and the study of language and summarizes key issues in applied linguistics. - Defines and illustrates the key terms and concepts in the discipline of linguistics. - Offers practical advice on the skills required when studying linguistics and suggests a range of possible career pathways. - Illustrates approaches to linguistic research and recommends resources for linguistic inquiry and the study of language. Packed full of information and guidance, this is an essential resource for prospective linguistics students and anyone with an interest in the study of language.

A Companion to the History of the English Language
A Companion to the History of the English Language

Author: Haruko Momma

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-11-18

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 1444302868

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A Companion to the History of the English Language addresses the linguistic, cultural, social, and literary approaches to language study. The first text to offer a complete survey of the field, this volume provides the most up-to-date insights of leading international scholars. An accessible reference to the history of the English language Comprises more than sixty essays written by leading international scholars Aids literature students in incorporating language study into their work Includes an historical survey of the English language, from its Germanic and Indo- European beginnings to modern British and American English Enriched with maps, diagrams, and illustrations from historical publications Introduces the latest scholarship in the field

Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language

Author: Thomas Burns McArthur

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 1102

ISBN-13: 0192806378

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From Sanskrit to Scouse, this book provides a single-volume source of information about the English language. The guide is intended both for reference and and for browsing. The international perspective takes in language from Cockney to Creole, Aboriginal English to Zummerzet, Estuary English to Caribbean English and a historical range from Beowulf to Ebonics, Chaucer to Chomsky, Latin to the World Wide Web. There is coverage of a wide range of topics from abbreviation to Zeugma, Shakespeare to split infinitive and substantial entries on key subjects such as African English, etymology, imperialism, pidgin, poetry, psycholinguistics and slang. Box features include pieces on place-names, the evolution of the alphabet, the story of OK, borrowings into English, and the Internet. Invaluable reference for English Language students, and fascinating reading for the general reader with an interest in language.

Old English
Old English

Author: Roger Lass

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1994-02-25

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780521458481

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Old English is a companion to Old English studies and to historical studies of early English in general. It is also an introduction to Indo-European studies in the particular sense in which they underpin the history of English. Professor Roger Lass makes accessible in a linguistically up-to-date and readable form the Indo-European and Germanic background to Old English, as well as what can be reconstructed about the resulting state of Old English itself. His book is a bridge between the more elementary Old English grammars and the major philological grammars and recent interpretations of the Old English data.Old English assumes a basic knowledge of phonetics and phonology, the elements of syntactic and morphological theory, and an introduction to historical linguistics. An extensive glossary gives definitions of the major technical terms used.

The Routledge Companion to English Language Studies
The Routledge Companion to English Language Studies

Author: Janet Maybin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-06-30

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1134144172

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An accessible guide to the major topics, debates and issues in English Language Studies. Established knowledge and more recent developments in the field are clearly examined and explained by well-known language specialists from a range of backgrounds.

A Linguistics Workbook
A Linguistics Workbook

Author: Ann K. Farmer

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2010-07-09

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0262288818

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A companion to the popular introductory text in linguistics. A Linguistics Workbook is a supplement to Linguistics: An Introduction, sixth edition. It can also be used with other introductory and intermediate linguistics texts. Whereas most of the examples in the textbook are based on English, the workbook provides exercises in morphology, phonetics, phonology, syntax, and semantics, drawn from a wide variety of languages. This new edition has been updated, with exercises added.

A Companion to Teaching of English
A Companion to Teaching of English

Author: B. Salim

Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9788171569908

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The Book, A Companion To Teaching Of English Is Designed To Attract The Students And Teachers To The Seminal Art Of The Teaching Of English As A Second Language. It Encompasses Various Aspects Of The Language, In Brief. It Will Guide The Students In Preparing For The Examination In Teaching Of English.

A History of the English Language
A History of the English Language

Author: Elly van Gelderen

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2014-04-03

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 9027270430

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The English language in its complex shapes and forms changes fast. This thoroughly revised edition has been refreshed with current examples of change and has been updated regarding archeological research. Most suggestions brought up by users and reviewers have been incorporated, for instance, a family tree for Germanic has been added, Celtic influence is highlighted much more, there is more on the origin of Chancery English, and internal and external change are discussed in much greater detail. The philosophy of the revised book remains the same with an emphasis on the linguistic history and on using authentic texts. My audience remains undergraduates (and beginning graduates). The goals of the class and the book are to come to recognize English from various time periods, to be able to read each stage with a glossary, to get an understanding of typical language change, internal and external, and to understand something about language typology through the emphasis on the change from synthetic to analytic. This book has a companion website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/z.183.website

The Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries
The Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries

Author: Sarah Ogilvie

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-09-24

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1108568459

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How did a single genre of text have the power to standardise the English language across time and region, rival the Bible in notions of authority, and challenge our understanding of objectivity, prescription, and description? Since the first monolingual dictionary appeared in 1604, the genre has sparked evolution, innovation, devotion, plagiarism, and controversy. This comprehensive volume presents an overview of essential issues pertaining to dictionary style and content and a fresh narrative of the development of English dictionaries throughout the centuries. Essays on the regional and global nature of English lexicography (dictionary making) explore its power in standardising varieties of English and defining nations seeking independence from the British Empire: from Canada to the Caribbean. Leading scholars and lexicographers historically contextualise an array of dictionaries and pose urgent theoretical and methodological questions relating to their role as tools of standardisation, prestige, power, education, literacy, and national identity.

A Companion to Baugh and Cable's A History of the English Language
A Companion to Baugh and Cable's A History of the English Language

Author: Thomas Cable

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1134425368

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This comprehensive and accessible student workbook accompanies the fifth edition of Albert C. Baugh and Thomas Cable's History of the English Language. Each chapter in the workbook corresponds directly to a chapter in the textbook and offers exercises, review questions, extensive supplementary examples, additional explanations and a range of sample extracts taken from texts of different periods. An additional 'pre-chapter' on the sounds of English also provides phonetic information and exercises that will prove useful throughout the book. This third edition has been revised alongside the textbook and includes new exercises to accompany the sections on Gender Issues and Linguistic Change, and African American Vernacular English. This workbook is an invaluable companion for all History of English Language courses.