{"product_id":"english-vocabulary-the-basics-9781032256979","title":"English Vocabulary The Basics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnglish Vocabulary: The Basics\u003c\/em\u003e offers a clear, non-jargonistic introduction to English vocabulary, the way linguists classify and explain it, and the place of vocabulary in our overall picture of the language, and in society. Introducing a range of terminology for discussing vocabulary, the reader is provided with a coherent, structured description of what we know about words and their meanings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey features of this book include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Analysis of historical roots of present-day words \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Coverage of the differences between speech and writing and between formality and informality \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Understanding of the social implications of choices that readers make to use standard or non-standard (e.g., regional\/dialect) vocabulary \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A focus on British English with reference to a wide range of varieties of English that include North American English, Irish English, Indian English, Malaysian English, Nigerian English and Caribbean English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a glossar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book for all of us who wonder where words in English come from, how they relate to each other, what patterns they occur in, how we store them in our minds, and what choices we make when we use words and why. This highly readable volume draws on multiple sources including many years of Michael McCarthy’s excellent scholarship, corpus evidence, examples from varieties of English and a keen interest in language and language learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAveril Coxhead, Professor in Applied Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION TO THE READER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 A WORD OR TWO ABOUT WORDS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘VOCABULARY’?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE ‘ENGLISH’ IN ENGLISH VOCABULARY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAT LEAST WE KNOW WHAT WORDS ARE … DON’T WE?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSPACED OUT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEYES AND EARS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIT JUST FEELS RIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI SEE WHAT YOU MEAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMORPHEMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTAKING WORDS TO PIECES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGRAMMAR AND LEXIS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWORDS STICK TOGETHER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOMPOUNDS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMULTI-WORD UNITS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIDIOMS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOLLOCATION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRECIPES FOR NEW WORDS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWORDS COME AND GO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHALF AND HALF\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKEEP IT SHORT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLENDING AND BORROWING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCORPORA: LETTING THE DATA SPEAK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUSING A CORPUS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCORPUS EXAMPLE (1): HARD-WORKING WORDS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCORPUS EXAMPLE (2): SPEAKING VERSUS WRITING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSUMMING UP\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFURTHER READING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 WHERE DO ENGLISH WORDS COME FROM?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE DIM AND DISTANT PAST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE BEGINNING OF ENGLISH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eANGLO-SAXONS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBEGINNING TO LOOK FAMILIAR: CHRONICLES AND MONSTERS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMORE INCOMERS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVIKINGS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA BIG CHANGE: THE NORMANS ARRIVE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePUTTING IT IN BLACK AND WHITE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTELLING TALES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePIERS PLOWMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTO THE MODERN ERA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLANGUAGE ABOUT LANGUAGE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN EXPANDING VOCABULARY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCIRCLING THE WORLD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA SETTLED LANGUAGE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSPELLING IT OUT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW WORLDS, NEW CULTURES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW ENGLISHES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFURTHER READING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFROM FORM TO MEANING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWORDING THE WORLD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMAKING SENSE OF THE LEXICON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSAME OR DIFFERENT?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSYNONYMY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLOOKS THE SAME, SOUNDS THE SAME BUT …\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSOMETHING DIFFERENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCLASSIFYING THE WORLD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE UPSIDE-DOWN TREE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSCIENTIFICALLY SPEAKING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFUZZY BORDERS AND STEREOTYPES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN ARM AND A LEG: PARTS AND WHOLES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMAKING SENSE IN THE REAL WORLD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTAKING MEANING TO PIECES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePLUSES AND MINUSES TO EVERYTHING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWORDS, THE MIND AND THE WORLD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAGMATICS: WHAT DO \u003ci\u003eYOU\u003c\/i\u003e MEAN?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFURTHER READING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 BEATING ABOUT THE BUSH: FIGURATIVE MEANING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJUST IMAGINE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eATOMS OR MOLECULES?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBITE-SIZED CHUNKS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eROOM FOR MANOUEVRE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAS CLEAR AS MUD: IDIOMS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIN A NUTSHELL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIDIOM-PRONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLOOK AT IT THIS WAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMETAPHORS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePROVERBS AND METAPHORS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTROPES GALORE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHERE COMES THE ARMY: METONYMY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNO EXAGGERATION: HYPERBOLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA NOT UNINTERESTING TROPE: UNDERSTATEMENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEUPHEMISMS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSUMMARY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFURTHER READING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 BEAR THIS IN MIND: THE MENTAL LEXICON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHOW DID IT ALL GET THERE? 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