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1 online resource (453 p.) |
| Series |
New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Linguistics in the World -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Companion Website -- Acknowledgments -- Note to Instructors -- Preface: About the Book -- 1: Introduction -- chapter overview -- language, languages, and the people who speak them -- what is language? -- what are language sounds? -- what are words? -- what are phrases? -- what is discourse? -- language differences -- language similarities -- variation through time -- variation today -- understanding the world of language -- the complex nature of language -- judging language |
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Standard Englishes and vernacular Englishes -- grammars -- teaching grammars -- prescriptive grammars -- descriptive grammars -- mental grammars -- Universal Grammar -- meaning -- standard Englishes and different world views -- structure -- a tour of language -- chapter summary -- key concepts -- notes -- references -- further reading -- exercises -- individual work -- group work -- study questions -- 2: Sounds -- chapter overview -- learning about what you already know -- letters and phonetic symbols: a mismatch -- phonetic symbols: a convenient lie -- meaning, ambiguity, and arbitrariness |
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Sound symbolism -- mergers -- two related kinds of meaning with sound -- a sketch of sounds -- consonants and vowels -- consonants -- the place of articulation -- manner -- voice -- McGurk effect3 -- vowels -- are all language sounds important to all languages? -- making a difference: contrasting sounds with minimal pairs -- playing with voicing -- variation through time: how many sounds did English start with? -- the story of R: part 1 -- chapter summary -- key concepts -- Notes -- references -- further reading -- exercises -- individual work -- group work -- study questions |
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3: Patterns of Sounds -- chapter overview -- predictable differences -- meanings with minimal pairs -- some sound patterns linked with social meaning -- structure -- natural classes -- syllables -- possible and impossible combinations -- sound patterns -- a sample consonant pattern -- a sample vowel pattern -- schwa rule -- deletion and insertion -- assimilation -- nasalization -- flapping -- devoicing -- palatalization -- the story of R (and L): part 2 -- Englishes and other languages -- aspiration -- intonation -- variation through time -- variation today -- spoonerisms |
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At the word's end: consonant loss -- yod variation -- glottalization of /t/ -- chapter summary -- key concepts -- Notes -- references -- further reading -- exercises -- individual work -- group work -- study questions -- 4: Simple Words in the Lexicon -- chapter overview -- lexical ambiguity and arbitrariness -- our mental dictionaries: unlike paper dictionaries in several ways -- the lexicon and synonyms -- structure -- how to identify lexical categories -- content lexical categories -- adjectives -- nouns -- verbs -- function words: the mortar for the bricks -- coordinators |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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determinatives working as determiners8 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118560099 |
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1118560094 |
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