The Handbook of English Linguistics

The Handbook of English Linguistics is a collection of articles written by leading specialists on all core areas of English linguistics that provides a state-of-the-art account of research in the field. 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 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.

Notes on Contributors. 1. Introduction (Bas Aarts and April McMahon). Part I: Methodology. 2. Description and Theory (Kresti Borjars). 3. English Corpus Linguistics (Tony McEnergy and Costas Gabrielatos). 4. English Grammar Writing (Andrew Linn). 5. Data Collection (Charles F. Meyer and Gerald Neslon). Part II: Syntax. 6. English World Classes and Phrases (Bas Aarts and Liliane Haegeman). 7. Verbs and Their Satellites (D. J. Allerton). 8. Clause Types (Peter Collins). 9. Coordination and Subordination (Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum). 10. Tense in English (Laura A. Michaelis). 11. Aspect and Aspectuality (Robert I. Binnick). 12. Mood and Modality in English (Ilse Depraetere and Susan Reed). 13. Information Structure (Betty J. Birner and Gergory Ward). 14. Current Changes in English Syntax (Christian Mair and Geoffrey Leech). 15. English Constructions (Adele E. Goldberg and Devin Casenhiser). Part III: Phonetics and Phonology. 16. English Phonetics (Michael K.C. MacMahon). 17. English Phonology and Morphology (Ricardo Berudez-Otero and April McMahon). 18. Prosodic Phonology (Michael Hammond). 19. Intonation (Francis Nolan). Part IV: Lexis and Morphology. 20. English Words (Donka Imnkova and Robert Stockwell). 21. Compounds and Minor Word-formation Types (Laurie Bauer). 22. English Inflection and Derivation (James P. Blevins). 23. Productivity (Ingo Plag). 24. Lexical Semantics (Kate Kearns). 25. Lexicography (Julie Coleman). Part V: Variation, Discourse, Stylistics, and Usage. 26. Syntactic Variation in English: A Global Perspective (Bernd Kortmann). 27. Phonological Variation: A Global Perspective (Paul Foulkes). 28. Spoken and Written English (Jim Miller). 29. The Grammar of Conversation (Paulo Quaglio and Douglas Biber). 30. Gender and the English Language (Deborah Cameron). 31. Language and Literature: Stylistics (Peter Stockwell). 32. English Usage: Prescription and Description (Pam Peters). Subject and Key Name Index.