An Introduction to the Nature and Functions of LanguageAddressing the Language Theory section of the NEAB A-Level English Language syllabus, this textbook covers language and its description, the linguistic system of English, language change, language acquisition, language and society, and language in use. There are exercises and activities throughout the book, and suggestions for project work and extended study. The book assumes very little prior knowledge of the subject. |
Contents
Language and its description | 1 |
Language and society | 5 |
The linguistic system of English | 11 |
The changing English language | 71 |
Language acquisition | 101 |
Language in | 139 |
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An Introduction to the Nature and Functions of Language: Second Edition Howard Jackson,Peter Stockwell No preview available - 2011 |
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accent ACTIVITY adjective adverb allophone alveolar Anglo-Saxon articulation auxiliary verb British British English called Celtic century chapter child cohesion combine communication complement compounds conjunction consonants context conversation derivational suffix dialect dictionary diphthong element Estuary English example express fricative front function genitive Germanic grammar hearer identify inflections ing-clause initially instance intonation investigate language Latin letters lexical lexicology linguistic disciplines main clause main verb manner of articulation meaning Middle English modal auxiliary verb Modern English modifiers noun phrase object occur Old English past participle past tense person phoneme plural prepositional phrase present participle pronouns pronunciation reading refer root Section social sociolinguistics speak speakers speech sounds spelling spoken spread vowel stop consonants subordinate clause syllables syntactic syntax talk text linguistics text type Tok Pisin topic unvoiced/voiced usually utterance variation verb phrase vocabulary vowel sounds word class writing written