{"product_id":"english-words-9780415298933","title":"English Words","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow 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?\u003cbr\u003eWords 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 study of words can tell them about the extraordinary richness and complexity of our daily vocabulary and about the nature of language in general.\u003cbr\u003eAssuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, the book covers a wide range of topics, including the structure of words, the meaning of words, how their spelling relates to pronunciation, how new words are manufactured or imported from other languages, and how the meaning of words changes with the passage of time. It also investigates how the mind deals with words by highlighting the amazing intellectual feat performed routinely when the right word i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e' ... overall \u003cem\u003eEnglish Words\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent introduction to a fascinating topic that goes beyond the traditional focus on morphology and draws upon work in many different fields within linguistics. It is an outstanding example of how different fields within linguistics can all contribute to a fuller understanding of an ultimately quite complex topic such as \u003cbr\u003ewords. In doing so it can inspire others to try and emulate this kind of comprehensive approach to words in other languages.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eLinguist List\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eEnglish Words\u003c\/em\u003e is presented as a stimulating introduction to the world of words, and there can be no doubt that Katamba is very successful in terms of first generating and then keeping the reader’s interest in this topic throughout the book.’\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eMichael Haugh, School of Languages and Linguistics, Griffith University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the first edition.  Preface to the second edition. Abbreviations.  Key to symbols used. Section I: The nature and internal structure of words  1.  Introduction  1.1 Why study words?  1.2 Overview of coming chapters  2. What is a word? 2.1 Introduction  2.2 Words are like liquorice allsorts  2.2.1 Word-forms  2.2.2 Words as vocabulary items 2.2.3  Grammatical words  2.3 Summary  Exercises.  3. Close encounters of a morphemic kind  3.1 The quest for verbal atoms  3.2 Close morphological encounters: zooming in on morphemes  3.3 Morphemes and their disguises  3.3.1 Allomorphs: morph families  3.3.2 Contrast 3.3.3 The right mask  3.3.3.1   Phonologically conditioned allomorphs 3.3.3.2. Phonology in the back seat: lexical and grammatical conditioning 3.3.3.3 Madness without method: suppletion  3.4 Freedom and bondage  3.5 Sound symbolism: phonaesthemes and onomatopoeia  3.7 Summary  Exercises.  4. Building words  4.1 Words and jigsaws  4.2 Know the pieces of the jigsaw  4.2.1 Roots are the core  4.2.2 Affixes are for appending  4.3 The main types of word-building: inflection and derivation  4.4 Derivation: fabricating words  4.4.1 Affixation: prefixes and suffixes  4.4.2 Conversion  4.4.3 Compound parade  4.4.4 Wishy-washy and razzle-dazzle words  4.5 Listing and institutionalisation  4.6 Keeping tabs on idioms  4.7 Clitics Exercises.  Section 2: Words in a wider context  5. A lexicon with layers  5.1 The nature of the lexicon  5.2 Morphological information in the lexicon  5.3 Syntactic information in the lexicon  5.4 Does it ring true? (phonological information)  5.5 Rendezvous with lexical phonology and morphology  5.5.1 Neutral and non-neutral affixes  5.5.2 The lexicon is like a layered cake  5.6 Productivity, the time-warp and cranberries 5.7 Peeping beyond the lexicon  5.8 Base driven stratification  5.9 Summary  Exercises.  6. Word  meaning  6.1 Introducing meaning  6.2 Word-meaning  6.3  Sense and componential analysis    6.4 Semantic relations  6.4.1 Hyponymy  6.4.2 Synonymy  6.4.3 Antonymy  6.4.4 Homophones and homonyms  6.4.5 Polysemy  6.5 Semantic fields  6.6 Semantic prototypes : the birdiness rankings  6.7 Beyond the lexicon 6.8 Summary  Exercises.  Section 3: A changing expanding lexicon  7. A lexical mosaic: sources of English vocabulary  7.1  The nature of borrowing  7.1.1  Direct and indirect borrowing  7.1.2  Loanwords and loanshifts  7.1.3  Likely loans  7.1.4  Why borrow?  7.1.5  The grass is ever greener on the other side  7.1.6  Nativisation of loanwords  7.1.7 Effects of borrowing 7.2  Scandinavian loanwords  7.3  The French influence  7.3.1  The Norman French legacy  7.3.2  French words in modern English  7.4  Words from other modern European languages  7.5 Loanwords from non-European languages  7.6  The Germanic inheritance 7.7  Summary  Exercises.  8. Words galore: innovation and change  8.1 A verbal bonanza   8.2  Jargon  8.3  Slang  8.4 Rhyming slang  8.5 Cliches and catch-phrases  8.6  A rose by any other name  8.6.1 Semantic widening  8.6.2  Semantic narrowing  8.6.3  Going up and down in the world  8.6.4  Loss account  8.6.5  Lexical revivals  8.7 Clipping  8.9  Fads and copycat formations  8.10 Back-formation  8.11 Blends  8.12  Geek-speak: internet slang and jargon  8.13  Euphemism 8.14  Summary  Exercises.  9. Should English be spelt as she is spoke? 9.1  Writing systems  9.2 Is the English orthography mad?  9.2.1 The apparent madness in the English spelling system  9.2.2  There is a method in the madness: spelling rules and pronunciation  9.2.3  Is a for apple? Why vowel letters pinch like ill-fitting shoes  9.3 Morphological signposts in the spelling  9.4  Lexical signposting in the spelling  9.5  Spelling reform  9.6  Is speech degenerate writing?  9.7 Email and text messaging: imo  email \u0026amp; txt r gr8  9.8 Summary Exercises.  Section 4: Modelling the mental lexicon  10. Speech recognition  10.1  A mind full of words    10.1.1 Types of lexical information  10.1.2  The organisation of th","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018128326999,"sku":"9780415298933","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415298933.jpg?v=1750775727","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/english-words-9780415298933","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}