Discovering Language
The Structure of Modern English
Published on 14. July 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-4039-1262-6 (ISBN)
Description
Discovering language provides students with the basic knowledge they need for advanced study. Organized thematically, it can be used as a course text or help with specific aspects of language. Each section includes an introduction, worked examples, 'in context' sections relating the topic to real examples and suggestions for further reading.
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Series
Edition
2006
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
418 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-1262-6 (9781403912626)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-62579-2
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
07/2006
Red Globe Press
€138.10
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E-Book
07/2006
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€37.49
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Person
LESLEY JEFFRIES is Principal Lecturer in English at Huddersfield University, UK. She is author of Meaning in English and The Language of Twentieth Century Poetry, and series editor for Perspectives on the English Language.
Content
Series Preface.- Introduction.- Phonetics.- Phonology.- Word.- Phrase.- Clause and Sentence.- Semantics.- Theory, Text and Context.- Exercises and Questions.- Appendix 1: Syntactic Tree Diagrams.- Bibliography.