Известная книга, нужная каждому, кто занимается английской филологией. Первое ее издание было осуществлено в 1955 году, это второе. От издателя: Данная книга была задумана А. И. Смирницким как первая часть курса истории английского языка. Таким образом, помимо древнеанглийской части, она содержит также разделы, относящиеся к курсу в целом, как, например, "Английский язык и его место в германской группе языков", "Периодизация истории английского языка и краткая история периодов" и др.
Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, these books offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings – all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible 'two-dimensional' structure is built around four sections – introduction, development, exploration and extension – which offer self-contained stages for study.
The next century will see more than half of the world’s 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores what humanity stands to lose as a result.
Scientists have long theorized that abstract, symbolic thinking evolved to help humans negotiate such classically male activities as hunting, tool making, and warfare, and eventually developed into spoken language. In Finding Our Tongues, Dean Falk overturns this established idea, offering a daring new theory that springs from a simple observation: parents all over the world, in all cultures, talk to infants by using baby talk or “Motherese.” Falk shows how Motherese developed as a way of reassuring babies when mothers had to put them down in order to do work.
Presenting cutting edge research on media discourse in one compact volume, this book takes a detailed look at spoken interactions in the media. Featuring data from a variety of sources, the book includes interviews with Tony Blair and George W. Bush.
