Herbst English Linguistics

A Coursebook for Students of English
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-11-021548-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 383 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm

Reihe: Mouton Textbook

The book introduces the reader to the central areas of English linguistics. The main sections are: the English language and linguistics - sounds - meaning-carrying units - sentences: models of grammar - meaning - utterances - variation. Notably, the book is written from a foreign student's perspective of the English language, i.e. aspects relevant to foreign language teaching receive particular attention. A great deal of emphasis is put on the insights to be gained from the analysis of corpora, especially with respect to the idiomatic character of language (idiom principle, valency approach). In addition, the text offers basic facts about the history of the language and elaborates on the differences between British and American English.

The author demonstrates that a linguistic fact can usually be described in more than one way. To this end, each section contains a chapter written for beginners providing a broad outline and introducing the basic terminology. The remaining chapters in each section highlight linguistic facts in more detail and give an idea of how particular theories account for them.

The book can be used both from the first semester onwards and as perfect study aid for final B.A.-examinations.

Zielgruppe

Students of Bachelor's Degree English Linguistics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herbst, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;6
2;Preface;14
3;1. Facts about English;18
4;2. Principles of modern linguistics;29
5;3. Language, intuition and corpora;44
6;4. The sounds of English: phonetics;60
7;5. Phonology;73
8;6. Phonetic “reality”;84
9;7. Contrastive aspects of phonetics and phonology;93
10;8. Morphology;100
11;9. Word formation;112
12;10. Phraseology;142
13;11. Syntax: traditional grammar;158
14;12. Valency theory and case grammar;188
15;13. Theories of grammar and language acquisition;217
16;14. Semantics: meaning, reference and denotation;237
17;15. Meaning relations;250
18;16. Ways of describing meaning;264
19;17. Pragmatics;282
20;18. Texts;300
21;19. Variation in language;319
22;20. Linguistic change;332
23;Postscript;347
24;Bibliography;349
25;Index;382

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Herbst, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.