352 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
342 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
352 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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How do we find the right word for the job? Where does that word come from? Why do we spell it like that? And how do we know what it means? Words are all around us - we use them every day to communicate our joys, fears, hopes, opinions, wishes and demands - but we don't often think about them too deeply. In this highly accessible introduction to English words, the reader will discover what the... Read more
I: The nature and internal structure of words; 1: Introduction; 2: What is a word?; 3: Close encounters of a morphemic kind; 4: Building words; II: Words in a wider context; 5: A lexicon with layers; 6: Word meaning; III: A changing, expanding lexicon; 7: A lexical mosaic; 8: Words galore; 9: Should English be spelt as she is spoke?; IV: Modelling the mental lexicon; 10: Speech recognition; 11: Speech production
Biography
Francis Katamba is Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University.
