Cognitive phonology in construction grammar : analytic tools for students of English / by Riitta Välimaa-Blum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Välimaa-Blum, Riitta, 1945-

Series:

Mouton Textbook

Planet communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Phonology--Study and teaching.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This textbook is an accessible introduction to both English phonology and phonology in general. It analyzes some central phenomena of the sound system of two standard varieties of English, Southern British English and General American. The framework adopted is Cognitive Linguistics and Construction Grammar, and this entails in particular that all the elements of the sound system are tightly interwoven with the meaningful units: morphemes, words, phrases and sentences. The book contains chapters on articulatory phonetics, sounds and meaning, alternation patterns, word stress and intonation. Each chapter ends with an invitation to analyze English and other languages with the tools of Cognitive Linguistics. The book is designed for students as well as teachers of English and linguistics, and while the target readership should already have a background in linguistics, a beginner in phonology will find all the basic concepts clearly defined.

Contents:

Articulatory phonetics

Sounds and meaning

Alternation patterns

Word stress

Intonation and grammatical constructions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110920598

311092059X

OCLC:

979589818