The structure of modern English : a linguistic introduction / Laurel J. Brinton.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-321) and index.

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"The Structure of Modern English is an extensive introduction to all aspects of Modern English structure." "This text is for advanced undergraduate (and graduate) students interested in contemporary English, especially those whose primary area of interest is English as a second language, primary or secondary-school education, English stylistics, theoretical and applied linguistics, or speech pathology. Focus is exclusively on English data, providing an empirical explication of the structure of the language, rather than exploring theoretical questions or theory for theory's sake. The text does use linguistic theory but presupposes little or no background in linguistics or any particular linguistic predilection."--Jacket.

Machine generated contents note: Unit 1 Study of English -- Ch. 1 Nature of Language and Linguistics -- Unit 2 Speech Sounds of English -- Ch. 2 English Consonants and Vowels -- Ch. 3 English Phonology, Phonotactics, and Suprasegmentals -- Unit 3 Structure and Meaning of English Words -- Ch. 4 Internal Structure of Words and Processes of Word Formation in English -- Ch. 5 Grammatical Categories and Word Classes -- Ch. 6 Lexical Semantics -- Unit 4 Structure of English Sentences -- Ch. 7 Phrasal Structure and Verb Complementation -- Ch. 8 Adverbials, Auxiliaries, and Sentence Types -- Ch. 9 Finite and Nonfinite Clauses -- Unit 5 Meaning of English Sentences and their Communicative Functions -- Ch. 10 Sentence Semantics -- Ch. 11 Information Structuring and Speech Acts.

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