Focusing on the intricacies of English word formation, this comprehensive work explores inflection, derivation, compounding, and conversion, along with minor processes like subtractive morphology. It presents data in a theory-neutral manner while offering theoretically informed analysis. Recognized for its scholarly contribution, it won the 2015 Bloomfield Book Award and is authored by three distinguished experts in the field.
This collection features a range of studies exploring various linguistic phenomena in creole languages. Christian Uffmann discusses the dynamics of markedness and faithfulness in creolization. Albert Valdman and Iskra Iskrova offer insights into nasalization in Haitian Creole, while Emmanuel Nikiema and Parth Bhatt examine two types of R deletion in the same language. Sabine Lappe and Ingo Plag analyze the tension between rules and analogy in word-final epenthesis in Sranan. Norval Smith presents new evidence regarding the decision to epenthesize. Emmanuel Schang investigates syllabic structure and creolization in Saotomense. Anne-Marie Brousseau focuses on the accentual system of Haitian Creole, emphasizing transfer and markedness. David Sutcliffe studies suprasegmentals in African American English, and Winford James looks at tone and rhyme in Tobagonian grammar. Shelome Gooden explores prosodic contrasts in Jamaican Creole reduplication, while Thomas Klein discusses syllable structure and markedness in Haitian morphophonology. Margot van den Berg delves into early 18th-century Sranan, and Patrick Steinkrüger analyzes morphological processes in Chabacano. Nicholas Faraclas examines the -pela suffix in Tok Pisin, and Tonjes Veenstra discusses verbal morphology in French-related creoles. Lastly, Marlyse Baptista and Alain Kihm contribute comparative studies on inflectional plural marking and categories in creole languages.
The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies, which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics. For further publications in English linguistics see also our Dialects of English book series. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher.
Providing an accessible introduction to the study of word-formation, this text focuses specifically on English. Assuming no prior linguistic knowledge, Ingo Plag explains the fundamentals of word-formation, demonstrating how morphemes--the elements of a word's internal structure--can function to relate words to other words, and to create new words. Students are encouraged to undertake their own morphological analysis of English words, and are introduced to the methodological tools for obtaining and analyzing relevant data.
This successful textbook introduces beginning university students of English to the study of English linguistics. Now updated and expanded, the second edition features a more detailed discussion of the differences between British and North American English, and explains the differences in the two traditions of phonetic transcription. The major difference between this book and its potential competitors lies in its hands-on didactic orientation, with a strong focus on linguistic analysis and argumentation. Language and linguistic theory are approached from a strictly empirical perspective: given a certain set of data to be accounted for, theoretical and methodological problems must be solved in order to analyze and understand the data properly. The book is not written in the perspective of a particular theoretical framework and draws on insights from various research traditions. Introduction to English Linguistics concentrates on gaining expertise and analytical skills in the traditional core areas of linguistics, i. e. phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. The final chapter on „Extensions and applications“ widens the perspective to other areas of linguistic research, such as historical, socio- and psycholinguistics. Each chapter is accompanied by exercises and suggestions for further reading. A glossary and an index facilitate access to terms and topics.
