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Linguistic Structure of Modern English

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ISBN-10: 9027211728

ISBN-13: 9789027211729

Edition: 2nd 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Laurel J. Brinton, Donna M. Brinton

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Description:

This text is for advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in contemporary English, especially those whose primary area of interest is English as a second language, primary or secondary-school education, English stylistics, theoretical and applied linguistics, or speech pathology. The emphasis is on empirical facts of English rather than any particular theory of linguistics; the text does not assume any background in language or linguistics. In this newly revised edition numerous example sentences are taken from the Corpus of Contemporary American English. A full glossary of key terms, an additional chapter on pedagogy and new sections on cognitive semantics and politeness…    
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Book details

List price: $49.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Publication date: 7/29/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 446
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.45" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

Laurel J. Brinton is Professor in the Department of English, University of British Columbia.