English Words: A Linguistic Introduction
Book Details
Author(s)Heidi Harley
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN0631230327
ISBN-139780631230328
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank704,803
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
English Words is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the study of English words from a theoretically informed linguistic perspective.
- accessibly written to give students a command of basic theory, skills in analyzing English words, and the foundation needed for more advanced study in linguistic theory or lexicology
- covers basic introductory material and investigates the structure of English vocabulary
- introduces students to the technical study of words from relevant areas of linguistics: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, historical linguistics and psycholinguistics
