English Language

Introduction: Studying the English Language and Linguistics.- PART I: ENGLISH: STRUCTURE (ed. F.Katamba ) Phonetics; K.Watson; Phonology:Segmental; F.Katamba ; Phonology: Beyond Segmental; F.Katamba; Morphology: Word Structure; F.Katamba; Grammar: Words (and Phrases); G.Leech; Grammar: Phrases (and Clauses); G.Leech; Grammar: Clauses (and Sentences); G.Leech; Text Linguistics; P.Chilton; Semantics; A.Siewierska ; Pragmatics; J.Culpeper & G. Schauer .- PART II: ENGLISH SPEECH: REGIONAL AND SOCIAL VARIATION (ed. P.Kerswill ) Regional Variation in English Accents and Dialects; K.Watson ; Language and Social Class; P.Kerswill ; Language and Ethnicity; A.Khan; Pidgins and Creoles Englishes; M.Sebba; World Englishes; M.Sebba.- PART III: ENGLISH WRITING: STYLE, GENREAND PRACTICE (ed. J.Culpeper ) Speech, Writing and Discourse Type; A.Wilson ; Language in Newspapers; E.Semino ; Language in Advertisements; G.Myers ; Language in Literature: Stylistics; M.Short; Literary Practices; D.Barton; New Technologies: Literacies in Cyberspace; U.Papen.- PART IV: ENGLISH: COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION (ed. R.Wodak ) Structures of Conversation; G.Myers; Language, Reality and Power; N.Fairclough ; Politeness in Interaction: J.Culpeper; Gender and Language; J.Sunderland; Language and Sexuality; P.Baker; Bad Language; T.McEnery ; Language and Politics; R.Wodak ; Business Communication; V.Koller .- PART V: ENGLISH: HISTORY (ed. J.Culpeper ) Standard English and Standardisation; P.Kerswill & J. Culpeper; Spelling; J.Culpeper & D.Archer ; Phonological Change; F.Katamba & P.Kerswill; Lexical Change; S.Hoffmann; Semantic Change; W.Hollmann; Grammatical Change; W.Hollmann.- PART VI: ENGLISH:LEARNING AND TEACHING (ed. T.McEnery ) Language Acquisition; A.Hardie ; Languages and Literacies in Education; R.Ivanic ; TESOL and Linguistics; M.Bygate.- Appendix.- Bibliography.- Index.

JONATHAN CULPEPER is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster, UK. His research interests include stylistics, pragmatics, and (the history of) the English Language. His publications include History of English (Routledge, 1997), Exploring the Language of Drama (Routledge, 1998, co-edited with Mick Short and Peter Verdonk), Language and Characterisation in Plays and Other Texts (2001) and research collected volume Cognitive Stylistics: Language and Cognition in Text Analysis (2002). FRANCIS KATAMBA is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster, UK. His research interests are in the areas of English phonology and morphology, including morphological and phonological theory. His publications include An Introduction to Phonology (1989), English Words (1994) and Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction, 3rd editions (with William O'Grady and Michael Dobrovolsky, 1997) PAUL KERSWILL is Professor of Sociolinguistics in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster, UK. His areas of research and interest include social dialectology, language variation and change, and English accents and dialects. His publications include Dialects Converging: Rural Speech in Urban Norway (1994) and Dialect Change: Convergence and Divergence in European Languages (2005). RUTH WODAK is Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster, UK. She has published widely in critical discourse studies, on issues of identity politics, of exclusion and inclusion and of social and political changes. TONY McENERY is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Lancaster, UK. His research interests in English corpus linguistics as well as corpus linguistics applied to languages other than English. He has wide

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