This engaging textbook bridges the gap between traditional and functional grammar. Starting with a traditional approach, students will develop a firm grasp of traditional tools for analysis and learn how SFG (Systemic Functional Grammar) can be used to enrich the traditional formal approach.
With usable and accessible activities throughout, Exploring English Grammar is ideal for upper undergraduate and postgraduate students of English language and linguistics.
How Words Mean: Lexical Concepts, Cognitive Models, and Meaning Construction
introduces a new approach to the role of words and other linguistic units in the construction of meaning. It does so by addressing the interaction between non-linguistic concepts and the meanings encoded in language.
H. L. Mencken published his fourth (and final) edition of his landmark work in April 1936. While it is a treatise on the development of American-English, it is also fascinating and exhibits Mencken's well-known wit and humor.
Начиная со второй половины XX в. английский язык стал выполнять функции универсального языка общения людей различных стран и культур. Английский - это своего рода лингва франка , международный язык наших дней. Этот феномен имеет свои первопричины и следствия. Английский язык не только влияет на другие языки, но и сам испытывает интенсивное действие.
Whatever you do and wherever you go, you use language to interact. This text explains what human language is and how it works, giving you a look into the multiple fascinating and surprising facets of this uniquely human trait. It offers many opportunities to ask your own questions and explore the language in use all around you.
