书目名称 | The Speaking Self: Language Lore and English Usage |
副标题 | Second Edition |
编辑 | Michael Shapiro |
视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/921/920208/920208.mp4 |
概述 | Offers a substantive analysis of contemporary American English speech.Contains unique examples of comparative data from foreign languages.Gives synoptic presentations of speech data in their cultural |
丛书名称 | Springer Texts in Education |
图书封面 |  |
描述 | .This book aims to explain social variation in language, otherwise the meaning and motivation of language change in its social aspect. It is the expanded and improved 2nd edition of the author’s self-published volume with the same title, based on revised and adapted posts on the author’s Languagelore blog...Each vignette calls attention to points of grammar and style in contemporary American English, especially cases where language is changing due to innovative usage. In every case where an analysis contains technical or recondite vocabulary, a Glossary precedes the body of the essay, and readers can also consult the Master Glossary which contains all items glossed in the text..The unique form of the book’s presentation is aimed at readers who are alert to the peculiarities of present-day American English as they pertain to pronunciation, grammar, and style, without “dumbing down” or compromising the language in which the explanations are couched... .<.Praise for the First Edition..“Michael Shapiro is one of the great thinkers in the realm of linguistics and language use, and his integrated understanding of language and speech in its semantic and pragmatic structure, grammatical an |
出版日期 | Textbook 2017 |
关键词 | English Usage; contemporary American English; speech in culture; language variation; language in contact |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51682-0 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-51681-3 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-51682-0Series ISSN 2366-7672 Series E-ISSN 2366-7680 |
issn_series | 2366-7672 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |