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English Language: Description, Variation and Context de Dr Jonathan Culpeper

English Language: Description, Variation and Context

Editat de Dr Jonathan Culpeper, Paul Kerswill, Professor Ruth Wodak, Professor Anthony McEnery, Francis Katamba
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 feb 2018
The second edition of this hugely successful textbook provides comprehensive coverage of a wide range of topics in theoretical and applied linguistics. Written by leading academics in the field, this text offers a firm grounding in linguistics and includes engaging insights into current research. It covers all the key areas of linguistic analysis, including phonetics, morphology, semantics and pragmatics, and core domains of study, comprising the history of the English language, regional and social variation, style and communication and interaction. Fresh material on research methods outlines key areas for consideration when carrying out a research project, and provides students with the framework they need to investigate linguistic phenomena for themselves.This is an invaluable resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students on English language and linguistics degree programmes. New to this Edition:- Seven new chapters covering topics such as second language acquisition, corpus linguistics and research methods- A number of chapters have been substantially revised, including those on World Englishes, Literacies in Cyberspace and TEFL, TESOL and Linguistics- Fully updated throughout to reflect the latest advances in the field
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781137571823
ISBN-10: 1137571829
Pagini: 696
Dimensiuni: 193 x 260 x 39 mm
Greutate: 1.46 kg
Ediția:2nd ed. 2018
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

'Illustration' boxes contain extended examples and analysis to consolidate students' understanding at every step

Notă biografică

Jonathan Culpeper is Professor of English Language and Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK. Spanning pragmatics, stylistics and the history of English, his major publications include Early Modern English Dialogues: Spoken Interaction as Writing (2010, CUP; co-authored with Merja Kytö), Impoliteness: Using Language to Cause Offence (2011, CUP), and most recently Pragmatics and the English Language (2014, Palgrave; with Michael Haugh). He is currently leading the AHRC-funded Encyclopaedia of Shakespeare's Language project, which will provide evidence-based and contextualised accounts of Shakespeare's language.Paul Kerswill is Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of York. His research has focused on migration and dialect contact in both Norway and Britain, including Bergen and the New Town of Milton Keynes. He has worked on projects on the emergence of Multicultural London English. His publications include work on the role of children in language change, the phonology of new dialects and the representation of youth language in the media. He has co-edited Dialect Change: Convergence and Divergence in European Languages (with Frans Hinskens and Peter Auer, 2005) and The Sage Handbook of Sociolinguistics (with Ruth Wodak and Barbara Johnstone, 2010).Ruth Wodak is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies at Lancaster University, UK, and affiliated to the University of Vienna. Besides various other prizes, she was awarded the Wittgenstein Prize for Elite Researchers in 1996 and an Honorary Doctorate from University of Örebro in Sweden in 2010. She is member of the British Academy of Social Sciences and of the Academia Europaea. Currently, she is PI of a three-year research project on 'The Discursive Construction of Austrian identity - 2015.' (http://nationale-identitaet-2015.univie.ac.at/) Recent book publications include The Politics of Fear. What Right-wing Populist Discourses Mean (Sage, 2015; translation into the German 2016); The Discourse of Politics in Action: 'Politics as Usual' (Palgrave), revised edition (2011); Migration, Identity and Belonging (with G. Delanty, P. Jones, 2011); The Discursive Construction of History. Remembering the German Wehrmacht's War of Annihilation (with H. Heer, W. Manoschek, A. Pollak, 2008); and The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics (with Barbara Johnstone and Paul Kerswill, 2010).Tony McEnery is Distinguished Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University. His research interests include English corpus linguistics as well as corpus linguistics applied to languages other than English. He has wide experience of editing and authoring, and is currently editor of the book series Advances in Corpus Linguistics (Routledge). His books include Corpus Linguistics: Method, Theory and Practice (with Andrew Hardie, CUP, 2011) and Discourse Analysis and Media Attitudes (With Paul Baker and Costas Gabrielatos, CUP, 2013).Francis Katamba is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Lancaster, UK. His research interests are in the areas of phonology and morphology. His publications include An Introduction to Phonology (1989), Morphology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics (2004), English Words (2nd edition, 2005), Morphology (2nd edition with John Stonham, 2006) and Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction (2nd edition, with William O'Grady and John Archibald, 2011).

Cuprins

INTRODUCTION 1. Studying the English language ENGLISH: STRUCTURE 2. Phonetics 3. Phonology 4. Morphology: word structure 5. Grammar: words (and phrases) 6. Grammar: phrases (and clauses) 7. Grammar: clauses (and sentences) 8. Text linguistics 9. Semantics 10. Pragmatics ENGLISH: HISTORY 11. Standard English and standardization 12. Spelling 13. Phonological change 14. Lexical change 15. Semantic change 16. Grammatical change ENGLISH SPEECH: REGIONAL AND SOCIAL VARIATION 17. Regional variation in English accents and dialects 18. Language and social class 19. Language and ethnicity 20. Pidgins and creole Englishes 21. American English 22. World Englishes and English as a lingua franca 23. Language discourses: attitudes to diversity ENGLISH WRITING: STYLE, GENRE AND PRACTICE 24. Speech, writing and discourse type 25. Language in newspapers 26. Language in advertisements 27. Language in literature: stylistics 28. Literary practices 29. New technologies: literacies in cyberspace ENGLISH: COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION 30. Structures of conversation 31. Language, reality and power 32. Politeness in interaction 33. Gender and language 34. Language and sexuality 35. Bad language 36. Language and politics 37. Business communication ENGLISH: LEARNING AND TEACHING 38. First language acquisition 39. Second language acquisition 40. Languages and literacies in education 41. TEFL, TESOL and linguistics ENGLISH INVESTIGATING 42. Methods for researching English 43. The corpus method and English CONCLUSION 44. The English language: reflections.

Recenzii

This is an unusually rich textbook that combines breadth of coverage with depth of analysis. It provides accessible yet rigorous introductions to all aspects of the English language and uncovers English in all its fascinating varieties.
The second edition acquaints readers with insights from top experts and provides an up-to-date overview from several points of departure. Engagingly written, this will be a rewarding read for undergraduates and more advanced students and scholars alike.
This comprehensive, well-written and interesting book covers a range of important topics that are central to the study of the English language, including the structure and history of English, its use in speech and writing, and the role it plays in human interaction, teaching and learning.