The Linguistic Structure of Modern English

by Laurel J. Brinton, Donna M. Brinton

This text is for advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in contemporary English, especially those whose primary area of interest is English as a second language, primary or secondary-school education, English stylistics, theoretical and applied linguistics, or speech pathology. The emphasis is on empirical facts of English rather than any particular theory of linguistics; the text does not assume any background in language or linguistics. In this newly revised edition numerous example sentences are taken from the Corpus of Contemporary American English. A full glossary of key terms, an additional chapter on pedagogy and new sections on cognitive semantics and politeness have been added. Other changes completely updated print references; web links to sites of special interest and relevance; and a revised, reader-friendly layout. A companion website that includes a complete workbook with self-testing exercises and a comprehensive list of web links accompanies the book. The website can be found at the following . Students completing the text and workbook will a knowledge of the sound system of contemporary English; an understanding of the formation of English words; a comprehension of the structure of both simple and complex sentence in English; a recognition of complexities in the expression of meaning; an understanding of the context and function of use upon the structure of the language; and an appreciation of the importance of linguistic knowledge to the teaching of English to first and second-language learners. Laurel J. Brinton is Professor of English Language at the University of British Columbia. Donna M. Brinton is Senior Lecturer in TESOL at the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education. The Linguistic Structure of Modern English is a revised edition of The Structure of Modern English by Laurel J. Brinton (2000).

Genres: Nonfiction

446 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2010

Reviews

[Austin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the few textbooks that I read in college that I still have on my bookshelf. It was that useful.

[Brex (Bookosaurus_Rex) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favourite textbooks from uni. I sort of sh*t bricks when we got to those darned language trees, but I got through it. Phewf.

If you're a total linguistics geek, but you don't want to get too steeped in academic language, then this book is for you. I realize that I'm nerding out hardcore here, but I do read this for pleasure when I'm not too tired.

I highly recommend this book to anyone teaching pronunciation to intermediate / advanced students. There's quite a lot of information on IPA, production of speech sounds, and superscript markers, etc. in it.

Excellent textbook to have on your shelf if you're an English teacher!

[Andrea Paez · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book really help me to understand the language forms and functions in a very descriptive way, with a lot of examples which is very useful with a foreign languages, and the differences that I found in this book than others is they talk to you, it is written in a way you feel they are a very closed teachers who are explaining me a subject.