The Routledge Dictionary of English Language Studies - Hardcover

Pearce, Michael

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9780415351874: The Routledge Dictionary of English Language Studies
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415351871 ISBN 13: 9780415351874
Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Filled with real examples of the way people use English in different contexts, The Routledge Dictionary of English Language Studies is an indispensable guide to the richness and variety of the English language for both students and the general reader.

From abbreviation to zero-article, via fricative and slang, the Dictionary contains over 600 wide ranging and informative entries covering:

  • the core areas of language description and analysis: phonetics and phonology, grammar, lexis, semantics, pragmatics and discourse
  • sociolinguistics, including entries on social and regional variation, stylistic variation, and language and gender
  • the history of the English language from Old English to the present-day
  • the main varieties of English spoken around the world, covering the British isles, the Caribbean, North America, Africa, Asia, and Australasia
  • stylistics, literary language and English usage.

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About the Author

Dr Michael Pearce is a Senior Lecturer in English Language at the University of Sunderland.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415351871
ISBN 13 
9780415351874
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224
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