320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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How do we teach and learn vocabulary? How do words work in literary texts? In this book, Ronald Carter provides the necessary basis for the further study of modern English vocabulary with particular reference to linguistic descriptive frameworks and educational contexts. Vocabulary: Applied Linguistic Perspectives includes an introductory account of linguistic approaches to the analysis of the... Read more
Part I Foundations
1. What's in a word
2. The notion of core vocabulary
3. Words and patterns
4. Lexis and discourse
Part II Reviews
5. Lexis and literary stylistics
6. Lexis and lexicography
7. Learning and teaching vocabulary
Part III Case studies
8. Case study: Lexis, tones and ironies
9. Case study: Style, lexis and the dictionary
Biography
Ronald Carter is Professor of Modern English Language at the University of Nottingham, UK and has written and edited more than 30 books, including most recently Language and Creativity (2004, Routledge). He is the author and editor of twelve books with Routledge, and has edited and co-edited five Routledge series.
"[A] remarkable piece of linguistic work, embracing the basics while addressing topics or areas of particular interest or technicality. It will not only be a good text for beginners of linguistics... but will also appeal to more advanced readers." - LINGUIST List
