The English Language: From Sound to Sense
- multilingual, Linguistics
By Gerald P. Delahunty and James J. Garvey
Designed and copy edited by David Doran
Grounded in linguistic research and argumentation, The English Language: From Sound to Sense is written to help readers become independent language analysts capable of critically evaluating claims about the language and the people who use it. Written in a clear style, it guides its readers on topics including basic assumptions about language and discourse, pronunciation, word-formation strategies, parts of speech, clause elements and patterns, how clauses may be combined into sentences, and how clauses and sentences are modified to suit speakers' and writers' discourse purposes.
The English Language avoids presenting the language as a set of arbitrary facts by grounding its conclusions in the analytic methods that have characterized the best grammatical and linguistic practices for hundreds of years. Although its perspectives derive from modern-traditional and generative grammar, its goal is to provide its readers with a broad spectrum of basic knowledge about English. Each chapter contains a glossary of terms, a list of readings, and numerous exercises.
Table of Contents
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1. Introduction to the Linguistic Study of Language
2. Conceptions of Language and Grammar
3. A Skeletal Introduction to English Grammar
5. Morphology and Word Formation
11. Modifications of Basic Clause Patterns
About the Authors
Gerald P. Delahunty is Associate Professor of Linguistics and English and Assistant Chair of the Colorado State University Department of English, where he teaches courses on all aspects of linguistics and occasional courses on Irish literature. He has published on syntactic theory, English syntax, sociolinguistics, and Irish archaeology. James J. Garvey taught linguistics and literature courses in the English Department at Colorado State University. He died tragically in 2006.
Publication Information: Delahunty, Gerald P., & James J. Garvey. (2010). The English Language: From Sound to Sense. The WAC Clearinghouse; Parlor Press. https://doi.org/10.37514/PER-B.2010.2331
Publication Date: May 21, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-97270-233-1 (pdf) | 978-1-60235-180-6 (pbk.)
DOI: 10.37514/PER-B.2010.2331
Contact Information:
Gerald P. Delahunty: gerald.delahunty@colostate.edu
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Series Editor: Mike Palmquist, Colorado State University
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