English Words is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the study of English words from a theoretically
informed linguistic perspective.
accessibly written to give students a command of basic theory, skills in analyzing English words, and the foundation
needed for more advanced study in linguistic theory or lexicology
covers basic introductory material and investigates the structure of English vocabulary
introduces students to the technical study of words from relevant areas of linguistics: phonology, morphology,
syntax, semantics, historical linguistics and psycholinguistics
Table of Contents
1. What is a word?
2. Sound and fury: English phonology.
3. Phonological words: Calling all Scrabble players!
4. Where do words come from?
5. Pre- and suf-fix-es: Engl-ish Morph-o-log-y.
6. Morphological idiosyncrasies.
7. Lexical semantics: The structure of meaning, the meaning of structure.
8. Children learning words.
9. Accidents of history: English in flux.
List of Works Consulted.
Glossary.
Index.
