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Beschreibung
Discusses the learned vocabulary of English - the words borrowed from the classical languages. This new edition covers the recent trend of blending and shortening associated with texting and other forms of electronic communication, and discusses types of allomorphy and GrimmâEUR(TM)s law. An online workbook contains extra readings and exercises.
Discusses the learned vocabulary of English - the words borrowed from the classical languages. This new edition covers the recent trend of blending and shortening associated with texting and other forms of electronic communication, and discusses types of allomorphy and GrimmâEUR(TM)s law. An online workbook contains extra readings and exercises.
Über den Autor
Robert Stockwell is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Lexical heritage; 2. The background of English; 3. The early modern English cultural scene; 4. Smaller than words: morphemes and types of morphemes; 5. Allomorphy, phonetics, and affixation; 6. Replacement rules; 7. Deletion rules and other kinds of allomorphy; 8. Fossilized allomorphy. False cognates and other etymological pitfalls; 9. Semantic relations and semantic change; 10. The pronunciation of classical words in English.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780521709170
ISBN-10: 0521709172
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Minkova, Donka
Stockwell, Robert
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 244 x 170 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Donka Minkova (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.03.2017
Gewicht: 0,412 kg
Artikel-ID: 101694875