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A Counter-History of Composition contests the foundational disciplinary assumption that vitalism and contemporary rhetoric represent opposing, disconnected poles in the writing tradition. Vitalism has been historically linked to expressivism and concurrently dismissed as innate, intuitive, and unteachable, whereas rhetoric is seen as a rational, teachable method for producing argumentative texts. Counter to this, Byron Hawk identifies vitalism as the ground for producing rhetorical texts-the product of complex material relations rather than the product of chance. Through insightful historical

English language --- Rhetoric. --- Literary rhetorics --- Germanic languages

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In the context of globalisation, advances in information technology and the wide spread use of the Internet, developing students’ ability to speak English with global intelligibility has become the focus of English language teaching. Introduction to English Phonetics and Phonology aims to help learners speak the language accurately with the right pronunciation, word and sentence stress and intonation. The book is designed for use in courses on English language and linguistics at the university level. A large number of well-labelled illustrations and minimal use of jargon make the book equally accessible to independent learners. Key features• In-depth explanation of key concepts• Place and manner of articulation discussed with accompanying figures• Extensive examples from everyday English• Use of flowcharts and diagrams to explain syllable structure• Separate section on British and American English• Tasks for reinforcement of concepts and practice• Select glossary for ready reference

English language --- Phonology. --- Phonetics. --- Germanic languages

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As a contribution to the ongoing discussion of the genesis of the Germanic language, this book investigates the strong verbs of Proto-Germanic using a new approach that combines historical and typological morphology with quantitative etymology. It reveals that the morphological peculiarities and the etymological problems of the strong verbs have been considerably underestimated. The first part of the book explains how drastically the inherited verb system was transformed when it was uniformized and simplified around a functionalized verbal ablaut. In particular, it is shown that the systemic position of ablaut is typologically different from that in the verb morphology of the Indo-European parent language. Moreover, the origin of the lengthened grade preterits and other well-known morphological problems of the strong verbs are discussed. After developing a methodological framework, the second part of the book presents a quantitative analysis of the etymological situation of the strong verbs. It demonstrates that the etymological relations of the strong verbs are significantly less clear than commonly assumed, as almost half of them have no accepted etymology. A comparative quantification of the primary verbs of Sanskrit and Ancient Greek, both of which possess much better etymological connections within the Indo-European language family, underlines the significance of the Germanic data and the validity of the analytical framework. Taken together, the investigations presented in this book put the Germanic strong verbs in a new and markedly different light. Their largely obscure etymological situation in combination with their far-reaching morphological restructuring has telling implications for the prehistory of the Germanic languages and suggests new pathways for future research.

Proto-Germanic language. --- Teutonic languages --- Proto-Germanic language --- Proto-germanique (Langue) --- Germanic languages --- Grammar --- Indo-European languages --- Verb. --- Morphology. --- History --- Morphology --- Verb --- Germanic languages. --- Langues germaniques --- Verbe --- Morphologie --- Germanic languages - Morphology --- Germanic languages, historical linguistics.

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Words and dictionaries from the British Isles in historical perspective brings together a wide range of current work on English-language lexicography and lexicology by a team of twelve contributors working in England, continental Europe, and North America. Fredric Dolezal's opening essay offers a provocative discussion of how the history of English lexicography has been, and might in the future be, written. The next four papers deal with the medieval and early modern periods: Carter Hailey i...

English language --- Lexicography --- Encyclopedias and dictionaries --- History. --- Germanic languages

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English language --- Germanic languages --- History --- Grammar --- Connectives --- Grammar, Historical