An Introduction to English Language : Word, Sound and Sentence

Kuiper, Koenraad, Allan, W. Scott

ISBN 10: 0230208010 / ISBN 13: 9780230208018

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

Title: An Introduction to English Language : Word, ...

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Edition: 3rd Edition

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Synopsis:

How does the English language work? If you are interested in discovering the answer to this question, then An Introduction to English Language is the ideal place to start. Written in a clear, lively, and easy-to-follow style, this introductory textbook is based around three core topics of linguistic study:

WORD: English words, how they fit into sentences, their internal structure, their meaning and how they make up vocabularies for various purposes.
SOUND: the sound systems of English, its phonetics and phonology, and English intonation and stress patterns.
SENTENCE: English sentence structure and introductory English grammar.

Now thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition of this essential guide features:

• A multimedia companion website featuring quizzes, downloadable audio clips, Powerpoint slides and video lectures to match the book's structure– for use in the classroom or during private study: http://www.palgrave.com/language/kuiperandallan/
• A new introduction to the field of linguistics, instantly familiarizing students to key issues and topics
• Extra material on the different varieties of English worldwide - including more examples of regional dialects
  

An Introduction to English Language is carefully designed as a course-book for either group or individual study, and it remains the essential text for students and teachers of English language and introductory linguistics.

Review:

Praise for previous editions:

"A book I would recommend to Departments of English world-wide. Kuiper and Allan's book...deals with the bare bones of English structure - its sound system, its lexicon and its syntactic structure. The book...focuses practically and squarely on the language at hand, and it eschews the obfuscation of current linguistic squabbles and the arcanity of some of those representations. That said, however, it does no disservice whatsoever to the sophistication and findings of modern linguistic science." - Professor Dennis Preston, Michigan State University, USA

"Students will appreciate the detailed but clear discussion of introductory material on the structure of English and will also find the extensive, carefully graded exercises exceptionally helpful." - David Deterding, University of Brunei, Darrussalam