[Cambridge] Introducing English Linguistics

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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankIntroducingEnglishLinguisticsAreyoulookingforagenuineintroductiontothelinguisticsofEnglishthatprovidesabroadoverviewofthesubject,thatsustainsstudents’interestandavoidsexcessivedetail?IntroducingEnglishLinguisticsaccomplishesthisgoalintwow

2、ays.First,unliketraditionaltexts,ittakesatop-downapproachtolanguage,beginningwiththelargestunitoflinguisticstructure,thetext,andworkingitswaydownthroughsuccessivelysmallerstructures(sentences,words,andfinallyspeechsounds).Theadvantageofpresentinglanguagethiswayisthats

3、tudentsarefirstgiventhelargerpicture–theystudylanguageincontext–andthenastheclassprogresses,theyseehowthesmallerpiecesoflanguagearereallyaconsequenceofthelargergoalsoflinguisticcommunication.Second,IntroducingEnglishLinguisticsdoesnotcontaininventedexamples,asisthecas

4、ewithmostcomparabletexts,butinsteadtakesitssamplematerialsfromthemajorcomputerizeddatabasesofspokenandwrittenEnglish,givingstudentsamorerealisticviewoflanguage.CHARLESF.MEYERisProfessorintheDepartmentofAppliedLinguisticsattheUniversityofMassachusetts,Boston.Hisrecentp

5、ublicationsincludeEnglishCorpusLinguistics:AnIntroduction(Cambridge,2002).CambridgeIntroductionstoLanguageandLinguisticsThisnewtextbookseriesprovidesstudentsandtheirteacherswithaccessibleintroductionstothemajorsub-jectsencounteredwithinthestudyoflanguageandlinguistics

6、.Assumingnopriorknowledgeofthesubject,eachbookiswrittenanddesignedforeaseofuseintheclassroomorseminar,andisidealforadoptiononamodularcourseasthecorerecommendedtextbook.Eachbookofferstheidealintroductorymaterialforeachsubject,presentingstudentswithanoverviewofthemainto

7、picsencounteredintheircourse,andfea-turesaglossaryofusefulterms,chapterpreviewsandsummaries,suggestionsforfurtherreading,andhelp-fulexercises.Eachbookisaccompaniedbyasupportingwebsite.Bookspublishedintheseries:IntroducingPhonologyDavidOddenIntroducingSpeechandLanguage

8、ProcessingJohnColemanIntroducingPhoneticScienceMichaelAshbyandJohnMaidmentIntroducingSecondLanguageAcquisitionMurielSaville-