Studying the English Language: A Resource Book for Students [Paperback]

A. Introduction: Key Basic Concepts ?

B. Development: Aspects of English?

C. Exploration: Investigating English Language

D. Extension: Linguistic Research?

Further Reading

References

Glossarial Index

Revised throughout, the third edition of Studying the English Language (previously Introducing English Language) covers the key disciplines and concepts of linguistics as well as core areas in language study including acquisition, standardisation and the globalisation of English.

Louise Mullany is Professor of Sociolinguistics in the School of English at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Peter Stockwell is Professor of Literary Linguistics in the School of English at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses and commentaries.

Revised throughout, the third edition of Studying the English Language (previously Introducing English Language) covers the key disciplines and concepts of linguistics as well as core areas in language study, including acquisition, standardisation and the globalisation of English. The new edition offers:

- An updated and more accessible structure with separate threads on semantics, pragmatics, text and discourse, and new material on identity

- A new thread on Meanings, focusing purely on semantics, including both lexical semantics and new material on propositional semantics

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