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English Linguistics
Essentials, Originaltitel:English linguistics: essentials. Anglistik Amerikanistik
Langbeschreibung
This is the completely revised, updated and enlarged 2nd edition of a classic textbook widely used at German universities for more than 20 years. It serves both as an introduction for beginners and as a companion for more advanced students, familiarizing its readers with the major and distinctive properties of English and its major varieties, including an in-depth structural comparison with German. Written in an accessible style and with many reader-friendly features (including checklists with key terms, basic and advanced exercises with solutions), the book offers a state-of-the-art-survey of English linguistics as practiced in the 21st century.
Hauptbeschreibung
Standard reference work for all Bachelor and Master students of English, English Language and Linguistics
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface.- 1. Linguistics: Major concepts and research traditions.- 2. Phonetics and phonology: On sounds and sound systems.- 3. Morphology: On the structure and formation of words.- 4. Grammar: The ground plan of English.- 5. Contrastive Linguistics: English and German.- 6. Semantics: Word and sentence meaning.- 7. Pragmatics: The study of meaning in context.- 8. Sociolinguistics: Regional and social varieties of English.- 9. Turns and trends in 21st century linguistics.- 10 General Refenrence works.- 11 Online resources and appetizers.- 12. Index.
Bernd Kortmann is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and, since 2013, Executive Director of FRIAS (Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies). He has been long-time editor of the two international book series Topics in English Linguistics and Dialects of English as well as journal editor of English Language and Linguistics.
ISBN-13:
9783476056771
Veröffentl:
2020
Erscheinungsdatum:
05.12.2020
Seiten:
303
Autor:
Bernd Kortmann
Gewicht:
540 g
Format:
233x152x16 mm
Sprache:
Englisch