The Handbook of English Linguistics

by Aarts, Bas; McMahon, April

• ISBN13: 9781405187879
• ISBN10: 1405187875
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-22
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This Handbook of English Linguistics brings together articles from the core areas of English linguistics, including syntax, phonetics, phonology, morphology, as well as variation, discourse, stylistics, and usage. Written by specialists from around the world, each contribution provides an introduction to a key area of English linguistics and includes a discussion of the most recent theoretical and descriptive research, as well as extensive bibliographic references. Together they provide a state-of-the-art account of English linguistics and is a valuable resource for both students and researchers.

Author Biography

Bas Aarts is Professor of English Linguistics and Director of the Survey of English Usage at University College London. His publications include Small Clauses in English: The Nonverbal Types (1992), The Verb in Contemporary English (edited with Charles F. Meyer, 1995), English Syntax and Argumentation (1997/2001), Investigating Natural Language: Working with the British Component of the International Corpus of English (with Gerald Nelson and Sean Wallis, 2002), and Fuzzy Grammar: A Reader (edited with David Denison, Evelien Keizer, and Gergana Popova, 2004). With David Denison and Richard Hogg, he edits the journal English Language and Linguistics.

April McMahon is Forbes Professor of English Language at the University of Edinburgh. Her publications include Understanding Language Change (1994), Lexical Phonology and the History of English (2000), Change, Chance, and Optimality (2000), An Introduction to English Phonology (2002), and Language Classification by Numbers (with Robert McMahon, 2005).

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Methodology

Description and Theory

English Corpus Linguistics

English Grammar Writing

Data Collection

Syntax

English World Classes and Phrases

Verbs and Their Satellites

Clause Types

Coordination and Subordination

Tense in English

Aspect and Aspectuality

Mood and Modality in English

Information Structure

Current Changes in English Syntax

English Constructions

Phonetics and Phonology

English Phonetics

English Phonology and Morphology

Prosodic Phonology

Intonation

Lexis and Morphology

English Words

Compounds and Minor Word-formation Types

English Inflection and Derivation

Productivity

Lexical Semantics

Lexicography

Variation, Discourse, Stylistics, and Usage

Syntactic Variation in English: A Global Perspective

Phonological Variation: A Global Perspective

Spoken and Written English

The Grammar of Conversation

Gender and the English Language

Language and Literature: Stylistics

English Usage: Prescription and Description

Subject and Key Name

Index

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