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Routledge Library Editions: The English Language

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 This set reissues 29 books on the English language, originally published between 1932 and 2003. Together, the volumes cover key topics within the larger subject of the English Language, including grammar, dialect and the history of English.
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Towards A Contextual Grammar Of English - The Clause And Its Place In The Definition Of Sentence

by Eugene Winter

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 This study, first published in 1982, attempts to show that the foundations of a contextual grammar of English must be firmly based on an adequate definition of the sentence. This book will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.
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Historic Tongue - Studies In English Linguistics In Memory Of Barbara Strang

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 This volume, first published in 1988, represents in its papers the wide-ranging yet coherent linguistic interests of the late Barbara Strang (1925-1982). For her, the history of English and its current state were two sides of the same coin, and the principle theme of this collection is that neither one may be properly understood without invoking the other. It is a ‘real-data’ collection, in that its contributors share the view that the facts of language, patiently gathered, recorded and collated, must govern the theory within which they are described, and not vice versa. This philosophy may be seen to operate in all the contributions, and to result in a truly three-dimensional picture of English: data; distribution (temporal, geographical, situational and social); and description. This book will be of interest to students of English language and linguistics.
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Towards A Contextual Grammar Of English - The Clause And Its Place In The Definition Of Sentence

by Eugene Winter

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 This study, first published in 1982, attempts to show that the foundations of a contextual grammar of English must be firmly based on an adequate definition of the sentence. This book will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.
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Tense In English - Its Structure And Use In Discourse

by Renaat Declerck

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 First published in 1991, this book looks at tense in English, one of the most controversial areas of grammar. Here, Renaat Declerck provides a framework for a theoretical instrument which will enable the linguist to interpret the data correctly.
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The Elements Of English - An Introduction To The Principles Of The Study Of Language

by William Branford

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 First published in 1967, this book was based on new descriptions of English emerging from recent research. It provides an introduction to the study of the English language for the first-year university student.
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Listeners' Guide To Medieval English - A Discography

by Betsy Bowden

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 From the middle of the twentieth century, dozens of medievalists and other performers have recorded early English. Many educational institutions already own sound recordings of English before 1500, or may wish to purchase the most useful ones available. This discography aims to assist teachers, administrators and librarians to make the best use of their resources.
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Cleft And Pseudo-Cleft Constructions In English

by Peter Collins

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 First published in 1991, this book examines the communicative properties of â€˜cleftâ€™ and â€˜pseudo-cleftâ€™ constructions in contemporary English.
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Questions Of Intonation

by Gillian Brown, Joanne Kenworthy e Karen Currie

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 First published in 1980, this book questions many of the assumptions that have accumulated around the subject of intonation as it occurs in spontaneous speech, as well as texts read aloud. The book suggests alternative ways of examining the subject and primarily uses data derived from Edinburgh speech, which is explicitly compared with descriptions of standard southern English (RP).
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A History Of English (Rle: English Language)

by Barbara M. H. Strang

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 A History of English, first published in 1970, is a book for beginners in linguistic history.
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The Phonology Of A South Durham Dialect - Descriptive, Historical, And Comparative

by Harold Orton

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 This book, first published in 1933, examines the dialect of the people of Byers Green in County Durham. Orton explores the possible reasons behind why the dialect has signs of external influences, and the ways in which it differs to the dialects of other populations in County Durham. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.
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Pronouns And Word Order In Old English - With Particular Reference To The Indefinite Pronoun Man

by Linda Van Bergen

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 First published in 2003, this is a study of the syntactic behaviour of personal pronoun subjects and the indefinite pronoun man in Old English.
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Grammatical Gender In English - 950 To 1250

by Charles Jones

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 First published in 1988, this book explores the grammatical loss of gender in English. It demonstrates that from the end of the Old English period, there was a considerable time period, of about three hundred years, during which there existed "echoes" of the gender classification of nouns.
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On The Semantics Of Syntax - Mood And Condition In English

by Eirian Davies

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 First published in 1979, this book develops a grammatically orientated semantics (as opposed to a semantically orientated grammar) of mood and condition in English. It seeks to establish correspondences between areas of semantic organisation (â€˜planesâ€™) and surface grammar, without reverting to an intermediate notion of deep grammar.
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Definiteness And Indefiniteness - A Study In Reference And Grammaticality Prediction

by John Hawkins

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 First published in 1988, this book is concerned with the definite and indefinite articles in English. It provides an integrated pragmatic-semantic theory of definite and indefinite reference, on the basis of which, many co-occurance restrictions between articles and non-modifiers are explained.
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Structural Atlas Of The English Dialects

by Peter Anderson

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 First published in 1987, this atlas identifies structural patterns which exist in the sound systems of the dialects of England. It regards variation, not as something to be ignored or avoided, but as a central and essential feature of dialect, which must be accounted for in a systematic way. The study identifies some of the more prominent structural boundaries between dialect areas and argues that discrete boundaries do not exist: rather there are a number of areas separated by bands of dialects in which conflicting partial systems exist.
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Phonology Of A South Durham Dialect - Descriptive, Historical, And Comparative

by Harold Orton

64,91€ + 10% CARD

 This book, first published in 1933, examines the dialect of the people of Byers Green in County Durham. Orton explores the possible reasons behind why the dialect has signs of external influences, and the ways in which it differs to the dialects of other populations in County Durham. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.
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Anaphoric Relations In English And French - A Discourse Perspective

by Francis Cornish

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 First published in 1986, this book focuses on Anaphoric relations in the English and French languages, a phenomenon that involves a complex interaction between grammar and discourse. Studies of anaphora taking a largely ‘textual’ approach to the subject have tended to underestimate the effect upon its formation of referential and discourse factors, while studies framed within a psycholinguistic and computational perspective have been inclined to minimise the importance of the purely linguistic features connected with anaphora. This volume places the study of anaphora upon a firmer foundation by examining both its nature and functions in discourse, by pinpointing the range of factors relevant to its operation in the two languages under study, and by attempting to relate the textual and interactional perspectives within a more comprehensive framework.
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Cleft And Pseudo-Cleft Constructions In English

by Peter Collins

58,29€ + 10% CARD

 First published in 1991, this book examines the communicative properties of â€˜cleftâ€™ and â€˜pseudo-cleftâ€™ constructions in contemporary English.
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Studies In The Pronunciation Of English - A Commemorative Volume In Honour Of A.C. Gimson

76,84€ + 10% CARD

 First published in 1990, this collection celebrates the life and work of Professor A. C. Gimson, four years after his untimely death in 1985. A. C. Gimson, Professor of Phonetics at University College London, 1966-83, was the most distinguished and influential phonetician of his day concentrating specifically on English speech. This collection of essays on phonetics and phonology of English- written by linguists from all over the world - celebrates his life and work. The work is divided into five sections: prosody; phonology and phonetic description; accents of English and RP; other accents of English (focusing on those non-native speakers); and phonostylistics. The twenty-eight chapters cover a very wide range of topics and the contributors offer a stimulating variety of approaches, with the emphasis on data-based objectivity. Balancing description and theory with application, this volume provides a serious and coherent contribution to the academic study of English pronunciation.
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Listeners' Guide To Medieval English - A Discography

by Betsy Bowden

55,64€ + 10% CARD

 From the middle of the twentieth century, dozens of medievalists and other performers have recorded early English. Many educational institutions already own sound recordings of English before 1500, or may wish to purchase the most useful ones available. This discography aims to assist teachers, administrators and librarians to make the best use of their resources.
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Elements Of English - An Introduction To The Principles Of The Study Of Language

by William Branford

55,64€ + 10% CARD

 First published in 1967, this book was based on new descriptions of English emerging from recent research. It provides an introduction to the study of the English language for the first-year university student.
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Grammar Of English Reflexives

by Michael Helke

58,29€ + 10% CARD

 This work, first published in 1979, was a doctoral dissertation submitted to the Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1970. The first chapter of this thesis concerns the supposed complementarity of reflexives and ordinary anaphoric pronouns. In the second chapter a theory of reflexivisation is characterised which encompasses several other theories. The third chapter considers apparent counter-examples to the generalizations regarding reflexives that were established in Chapter Two. The fourth chapter concerns the meaning of reflexives. This book will be of interest of students of language and linguistics.
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Syllable-Based Generalizations In English Phonology

by Daniel Kahn

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 This dissertation, first published in 1980, is concerned with the role of the syllable in generative grammar. Kahn argues that the syllable is a necessary element in phonological descriptions by identifying aspects of phonology that seem to call for analysis in terms of syllabic structure and demonstrating the superiority of syllabic analyses over possible alternative solutions. This title will be of interest to students of English language and linguistics.
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