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English Vocabulary: The Basics

BuchKartoniert, Paperback
198 Seiten
Englisch
Taylor & Franciserschienen am14.12.2022
Has a focus on British English but with reference to a wide range of varieties of English which will ensure the book is relatable to students and those with an interest in English vocabulary around the world. Includes a range of features such as a glossary of key terms, cartoons and illustrations, further reading, reflection points, interesting "factoids" and international examples which makes it an engaging read for students. This book assumes no knowledge of linguistics and fills a gap in the market for a plain-speaking guide focusing on the basics of vocabulary.mehr
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KlappentextHas a focus on British English but with reference to a wide range of varieties of English which will ensure the book is relatable to students and those with an interest in English vocabulary around the world. Includes a range of features such as a glossary of key terms, cartoons and illustrations, further reading, reflection points, interesting "factoids" and international examples which makes it an engaging read for students. This book assumes no knowledge of linguistics and fills a gap in the market for a plain-speaking guide focusing on the basics of vocabulary.
ZusammenfassungEnglish Vocabulary: The Basics offers a clear, non-jargonistic introduction to English vocabulary, the way linguists classify and explain it, and the place of vocabulary in our overall picture of the language, and in society.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-032-25697-9
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum14.12.2022
Seiten198 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht218 g
Illustrationen25 SW-Abb., 13 SW-Fotos, 12 SW-Zeichn., 10 Tabellen
Artikel-Nr.59484091
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GenreLexika/Sprachen

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO THE READER 1 A WORD OR TWO ABOUT WORDS WHAT DO WE MEAN BY 'VOCABULARY'? THE 'ENGLISH' IN ENGLISH VOCABULARY AT LEAST WE KNOW WHAT WORDS ARE ... DON'T WE? SPACED OUT EYES AND EARS IT JUST FEELS RIGHT I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN MORPHEMES TAKING WORDS TO PIECES GRAMMAR AND LEXIS WORDS STICK TOGETHER COMPOUNDS MULTI-WORD UNITS IDIOMS COLLOCATION RECIPES FOR NEW WORDS WORDS COME AND GO NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN HALF AND HALF KEEP IT SHORT LENDING AND BORROWING CORPORA: LETTING THE DATA SPEAK USING A CORPUS CORPUS EXAMPLE (1): HARD-WORKING WORDS CORPUS EXAMPLE (2): SPEAKING VERSUS WRITING SUMMING UP FURTHER READING 2 WHERE DO ENGLISH WORDS COME FROM? THE DIM AND DISTANT PAST THE BEGINNING OF ENGLISH ANGLO-SAXONS BEGINNING TO LOOK FAMILIAR: CHRONICLES AND MONSTERS MORE INCOMERS VIKINGS A BIG CHANGE: THE NORMANS ARRIVE PUTTING IT IN BLACK AND WHITE TELLING TALES PIERS PLOWMAN INTO THE MODERN ERA LANGUAGE ABOUT LANGUAGE AN EXPANDING VOCABULARY CIRCLING THE WORLD A SETTLED LANGUAGE SPELLING IT OUT NEW WORLDS, NEW CULTURES NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW ENGLISHES FURTHER READING 3 WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? FROM FORM TO MEANING WORDING THE WORLD MAKING SENSE OF THE LEXICON SAME OR DIFFERENT? SYNONYMY LOOKS THE SAME, SOUNDS THE SAME BUT ... SOMETHING DIFFERENT CLASSIFYING THE WORLD THE UPSIDE-DOWN TREE SCIENTIFICALLY SPEAKING FUZZY BORDERS AND STEREOTYPES AN ARM AND A LEG: PARTS AND WHOLES MAKING SENSE IN THE REAL WORLD TAKING MEANING TO PIECES PLUSES AND MINUSES TO EVERYTHING WORDS, THE MIND AND THE WORLD PRAGMATICS: WHAT DO YOU MEAN? FURTHER READING 4 BEATING ABOUT THE BUSH: FIGURATIVE MEANING JUST IMAGINE ATOMS OR MOLECULES? BITE-SIZED CHUNKS ROOM FOR MANOUEVRE AS CLEAR AS MUD: IDIOMS DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? IN A NUTSHELL IDIOM-PRONE LOOK AT IT THIS WAY METAPHORS PROVERBS AND METAPHORS TROPES GALORE HERE COMES THE ARMY: METONYMY NO EXAGGERATION: HYPERBOLE A NOT UNINTERESTING TROPE: UNDERSTATEMENT EUPHEMISMS SUMMARY FURTHER READING 5 BEAR THIS IN MIND: THE MENTAL LEXICON A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT HOW DID IT ALL GET THERE? ACQUIRING VOCABULARY DESIGNING A HUMAN ONE WORD AT A TIME TELEGRAMS FROM A CHILD MORE THAN ONE WAY OF SAYING THINGS SPELL IT OUT WHERE ARE ALL THOSE WORDS? MIND AND BRAIN: THE MENTAL LEXICON HOW DOES IT WORK? FASTER THAN YOU CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON WHAT COMES INTO YOUR HEAD? JUST A SLIP OF THE TONGUE? IN TWO MINDS AGAIN CONCLUSION FURTHER READING 6 VOCABULARY IN ACTION WORDS OUT THERE LANGUAGE SNAPSHOTS HARD WORDS NOT IN FRONT OF THE CHILDREN LETTING THE MACHINE DECIDE: CORPORA QUIZZING THE DATA EXCHANGING A FEW WORDS LET'S NOT GO INTO DETAIL SO, CONSEQUENTLY ... WINDOWS ON CULTURE WORDS ON THE MOVE NAUGHTY BUT NICE A NOTICEABLE UPTICK SHOWING YOUR AGE MAPPING ENGLISH VOCABULARY VARIETIES DIFFERENT VOICES: DIALECTS AND SOCIOLECTS SPECIAL VOCABULARIES WORDS AND THE IMAGINATION FLOUTING CONVENTIONS OLD WORDS, NEW MEANINGS FOOD FOR THOUGHT HAVING A LAUGH EDUCATION AND LEARNING GROWING UP WITH WORDS SECOND LANGUAGE VOCABULARY THE END OF THE BEGINNING FURTHER READING GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS REFERENCES INDEXmehr
Kritik
This is a book for all of us who wonder where words in English come from, how they relate to each other, what patterns they occur in, how we store them in our minds, and what choices we make when we use words and why. This highly readable volume draws on multiple sources including many years of Michael McCarthy's excellent scholarship, corpus evidence, examples from varieties of English and a keen interest in language and language learning.



Averil Coxhead, Professor in Applied Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellingtonmehr

Autor

Michael McCarthy is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Nottingham, and Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Limerick. He has (co-)authored and edited 58 books and was co-founder (with Ronald Carter) of the CANCODE spoken English corpus. He has lectured in 46 countries and has been involved in language teaching and applied linguistics for 57 years.