Peter Siemund (Universitat Hamburg)

Varieties of English

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This coursebook is an introduction to the fascinating range of regional and social varieties of English encountered around the world. It is specially designed to meet the needs of students, each chapter contains useful exercises targeted at three different ability levels and succinct summaries help students to review important facts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9780521186933
• ISBN-10: 0521186935
• Artikelnr.: 36955962

Autorenporträt

Peter Siemund is Professor and Chair of English Linguistics at the University of Hamburg.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. Reflexivity and reflexive marking; 3. Pronominal gender; 4. Pronominal case; 5. Determiners; 6. Tense marking; 7. Aspect marking; 8. Modal verbs; 9. Negation; 10. Subject-verb agreement; 11. Ditransitive constructions; 12. Interrogative constructions; 13. The formation of relative clauses; 14. Summary and outlook.

Rezensionen

'This book offers a unique exploration of morphosyntactic variation across varieties of English from a functional typological perspective. It is a meticulously designed textbook, and a treasure trove of new insights into vernacular Englishes worldwide.' Donald Winford, Ohio State University