Synchronic English Linguistics
Author | : Paul Georg Meyer |
Publisher | : Gunter Narr Verlag |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9783823361916 |
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Author | : Paul Georg Meyer |
Publisher | : Gunter Narr Verlag |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9783823361916 |
Author | : Alexander Bergs |
Publisher | : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9783631561751 |
This book offers a concise introduction to synchronic English linguistics. Following an introduction to language and linguistics as such, it provides detailed descriptions of the different language levels: phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, and meaning in language (comprising semantics and pragmatics). Furthermore, one chapter deals with constructional approaches to English grammar. The final chapter serves as an outlook on the application of linguistic theory in various domains of language use, including historical linguistics, dialectology, sociolinguistics, language acquisition and forensic linguistics. Every chapter contains specific exercises that help to rehearse the key concepts introduced in this book.
Author | : Paul Georg Meyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Anglistik - Linguistik - Lehrbuch |
ISBN | : 9783823349815 |
Author | : Magnus Huber |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9789027252548 |
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Author | : Paloma Núñez-Pertejo |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2019-12-26 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1350053864 |
Breaking away from previously rigid descriptions of the linguistic system of the English language, Crossing Linguistic Boundaries explores fascinating case studies which refuse to fall neatly within the traditional definitions of linguistic domains and boundaries. Bringing together leading international scholars in English linguistics, this volume focusses on these controversies in relation to seeking to overcome the temporal and geographical limits of the English language. Approaching tensions in the areas of English phonology and phonetics, pragmatics, semantics, morphology and syntax, chapters discuss not only British and American English but also a wide variety of geographical variants. Containing synchronic and diachronic studies covering different periods in the history of English, Crossing Linguistic Boundaries will appeal to anyone interested in linguistic variation in English.
Author | : Lilo Moessner |
Publisher | : Gunter Narr Verlag |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9783823349891 |
Author | : Stephen Evans |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2016-08-24 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 1137506245 |
This book presents an empirically-grounded sociolinguistic history of the English language in Hong Kong in the past 170 years. Using substantial sets of diachronic and synchronic data, it traces the changing status and functions of English in relation to spoken Cantonese, Mandarin and written Chinese in the key domains of government, education and business. The author tracks the rise of English-knowing bilingualism in the city’s Chinese community and explores the evolutionary dynamics of Hong Kong English. He also speculates on the future of English in the territory, particularly after 2047 when the ‘one country, two systems’ framework established by the Sino-British Joint Declaration is dismantled. Researchers and students working in the fields of sociolinguistics, English as a global language, world Englishes, applied linguistics and English-language education will find this book provides valuable information and insights about the uses and users of English in colonial and post-colonial Hong Kong. More generally, it makes a unique contribution to the literature on the diffusion and diversification of English worldwide.
Author | : Rena Torres Cacoullos |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2000-08-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 902729870X |
This study of Old Spanish and present-day Mexico and New Mexico data develops a grammaticization account of variation in progressive constructions. Diachronic changes in cooccurrence patterns show that grammaticization involves reductive change driven by frequency increases. Formal reduction results in the emergence of auxilliary-plus-gerund sequences as fused units. Semantically, the constructions originate as spatial expressions; their grammaticization involves gradual loss of locative features of meaning. Semantic generalization among parallel evolutionary paths results in the competition among different constructions in the domain of progressive aspect. Patterns of synchronic variation follow from both the retention of meaning differences and the routinization of frequent collocations, as well as sociolinguistic factors. Register considerations turn out to be crucial in evaluating the effects of language contact. Purported changes in Spanish — English bilingual varieties are largely a feature of oral, informal language rather than a manifestation of convergence.
Author | : Anette Rosenbach |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2012-10-29 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110899817 |
The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.
Author | : Maria Napoli |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2017-09-30 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027265127 |
This book is the first collective volume specifically devoted to the multifaceted phenomenon of intensification, which has been traditionally regarded as related to the expression of degree, scaling a quality downwards or upwards. In spite of the large amount of studies on intensifiers, there is still a need for the characterization of intensification as a distinct functional category in the domain of modification. The eighteen papers of the volume contribute to this aim with a new approach (mainly corpus-based). They focus on intensification from different perspectives (both synchronic and diachronic) and theoretical frameworks, concern ancient languages (Hittite, Greek, Latin) and modern languages (mainly Italian, German, English, Kiswahili), and involve different levels of analysis. They also identify and examine different types of intensifiers, applied to different forms and structures, such as adverbs, adjectives, evaluative affixes, discourse markers, reduplication, exclamative clauses, coordination, prosodic elements, and shed light on issues which have not been extensively studied so far.