Barry Blake

English Vocabulary Today

Into the 21st Century

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Produktbeschreibung

English Vocabulary Today: Into the 21st Century offers an innovative perspective on the ways in which contemporary English language vocabulary continues to adapt and grow in light of emerging technologies and ideas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780367001698
• ISBN-10: 0367001691
• Artikelnr.: 56925225

Inhaltsangabe

Table of contents
Introduction
1 A brief history
2 The dictionary
2.1 About the size of it
2.2 Part-of-speech
2.3 Set phrases
2.4 Spelling and pronunciation
2.5 Etymology
3 The mental lexicon
3.1 An entry in the mental lexicon
3.2 View of the world
4 Extension
4.1 Metaphor and metonymy
4.2 Verbs and prepositions
5 Change of meaning
5.1 New meanings for old words
5.1.1 Updating of the referent
5.1.2 Application to a new domain
5.1.3 Reinterpretation
5.1.4 Frequency considerations
5.1.5 Point of view
5.1.6 Weakening
5.1.7 Phrase abbreviation
5.2 New words for old meanings
5.2.1 Fashion
5.2.2 Euphemism
5.3 Respelling
5.4 Relics
6 Meaningful relations
6.1 Hyponyms and hypernyms
6.2 Synonyms
6.3 Antonyms
6.4 Homonyms (Homophones and homographs)
6.5 Contronyms
6.6 Retronyms
7 Compounds and blends
7.1 Compounds
7.2 Neo-classical compounds
7.3 Blends
8 Affixes
8.1 Prefixes and suffixes
8.2 Back formation
9 Zero derivation
9.1 Noun to verb
9.2 Noun to adjective
9.3 Verb to noun
9.4 Verb to adjective
9.5 Adjective to noun
9.6 Adjective to verb
9.7 Other conversions
9.8 Proper names to common nouns
10 Shortening, alphabetisms and acronyms
10.1 Shortening or clipping
10.2 Alphabetisms
10.3 Textese
10.4 Acronyms
11 Reduplication
11.1 Plain reduplication
11.2 Reduplication with vowel alternation
11.3 Rhyming reduplication
12 Imports
12.1 Loan-words
12.2 Cultural contact in Europe
12.3 Contact with colonised areas
12.4 Immigration into English-speaking areas
13 Inclusive language
13.1 A changed world
13.2 The discourse of inclusion
13.3 Politically correct English
13.4 Talking about women
13.5 Language and race
13.6 Heterosexism
13.7 Disability
14 When sound echoes sense
14.1 Onomatopoeia
14.2 Vowels
14.3 Consonants
14.4 Sound symbolism
14.5 Names
14.6 Overview
15 A form of words
15.1 Resemblances
15.2 Malapropisms
15.3 Words similar in form and meaning
15.4 Folk etymology
15.5 Avoidance
15.6 Interference
15.7 Word play
16 Allusion
17 Slang
17.1 Slang in general
17.2 The inventiveness of slang
17.3 The attitude of slang
17.4 Is slang ephemeral?
17.5 The local nature of slang
17.6 Slang and jargon
17.7 Argots and 'secret languages'
17.7.1 Back slang
17.7.2 Rhyming slang
17.7.3 Pig Latin
18 English exported
19 English today
Further reading
References

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Table of contents

Introduction

1 A brief history

2 The dictionary

2.1 About the size of it

2.2 Part-of-speech

2.3 Set phrases

2.4 Spelling and pronunciation

2.5 Etymology

3 The mental lexicon

3.1 An entry in the mental lexicon

3.2 View of the world

4 Extension

4.1 Metaphor and metonymy

4.2 Verbs and prepositions

5 Change of meaning

5.1 New meanings for old words

5.1.1 Updating of the referent

5.1.2 Application to a new domain

5.1.3 Reinterpretation

5.1.4 Frequency considerations

5.1.5 Point of view

5.1.6 Weakening

5.1.7 Phrase abbreviation

5.2 New words for old meanings

5.2.1 Fashion

5.2.2 Euphemism

5.3 Respelling

5.4 Relics

6 Meaningful relations

6.1 Hyponyms and hypernyms

6.2 Synonyms

6.3 Antonyms

6.4 Homonyms (Homophones and homographs)

6.5 Contronyms

6.6 Retronyms

7 Compounds and blends

7.1 Compounds

7.2 Neo-classical compounds

7.3 Blends

8 Affixes

8.1 Prefixes and suffixes

8.2 Back formation

9 Zero derivation

9.1 Noun to verb

9.2 Noun to adjective

9.3 Verb to noun

9.4 Verb to adjective

9.5 Adjective to noun

9.6 Adjective to verb

9.7 Other conversions

9.8 Proper names to common nouns

10 Shortening, alphabetisms and acronyms

10.1 Shortening or clipping

10.2 Alphabetisms

10.3 Textese

10.4 Acronyms

11 Reduplication

11.1 Plain reduplication

11.2 Reduplication with vowel alternation

11.3 Rhyming reduplication

12 Imports

12.1 Loan-words

12.2 Cultural contact in Europe

12.3 Contact with colonised areas

12.4 Immigration into English-speaking areas

13 Inclusive language

13.1 A changed world

13.2 The discourse of inclusion

13.3 Politically correct English

13.4 Talking about women

13.5 Language and race

13.6 Heterosexism

13.7 Disability

14 When sound echoes sense

14.1 Onomatopoeia

14.2 Vowels

14.3 Consonants

14.4 Sound symbolism

14.5 Names

14.6 Overview

15 A form of words

15.1 Resemblances

15.2 Malapropisms

15.3 Words similar in form and meaning

15.4 Folk etymology

15.5 Avoidance

15.6 Interference

15.7 Word play

16 Allusion

17 Slang

17.1 Slang in general

17.2 The inventiveness of slang

17.3 The attitude of slang

17.4 Is slang ephemeral?

17.5 The local nature of slang

17.6 Slang and jargon

17.7 Argots and 'secret languages'

17.7.1 Back slang

17.7.2 Rhyming slang

17.7.3 Pig Latin

18 English exported

19 English today

Further reading

References