Publisher's Synopsis
Modern English is the form of the English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift in England, which began in the late 14th century and was completed in roughly 1550. Modern English has a large number of dialects spoken in diverse countries throughout the world. Language is a means of communication. It is a system of conventional oral and written signals. In English, the correspondence between the written form and the spoken form is not consistently maintained. We use a number of different speech sounds while speaking English. Words are used in speech. But word is not the smallest unit of a language. A word can be divided into smallest linguistic units which are called as 'Phonemes'. Every language has certain number of distinctive sound units which are called as 'Phonemes'. Thus a phoneme is a minimal distinctive sound unit of language. To illustrate, the word 'bat' can be divided into the smallest linguistic units. These are the smallest linguistic units which cannot be divided further. They are distinctive because they are the smallest units in the sound system of a language which can be used to differentiate meanings from one another. This means that when one phoneme is substituted by another, it produces change in meaning. Each phoneme may have a number of variants. These variants are called as allophones. Linguistics is a systematic study of language. Phonetics is a branch of linguistics which deals with the medium of speech. It deals with the production, transmission and reception of the sounds of human speech. It is related to the description and classification of these sounds. On the other hand, phonology is an applied phonetics. It is a branch of linguistics which deals with the sound system of a particular language. It is about different patterns of sounds. The selection and organization of the speech sounds in that particular language constitutes the phonology of that language. It also studies how the phonemes are combined into syllables and how the prosodic features of length, stress and pitch are organized into certain patterns. Thus, phonemes are studied in phonology. It is notable that phonology of one language can be different from the phonology of other languages. Modern English Structures- Forms, Functions and Position is intended for advanced graduate students and practitioners interested in contemporary English, especially those whose key area of interest is English as a second language, English stylistics, theoretical and applied linguistics. Modern English is the form of the English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift in England, which began in the late 14th century and was completed in roughly 1550. Modern English has a large number of dialects spoken in diverse countries throughout the world. Language is a means of communication. It is a system of conventional oral and written signals. In English, the correspondence between the written form and the spoken form is not consistently maintained. We use a number of different speech sounds while speaking English. Words are used in speech. But word is not the smallest unit of a language. A word can be divided into smallest linguistic units which are called as 'Phonemes'. Every language has certain number of distinctive sound units which are called as 'Phonemes'. Thus a phoneme is a minimal distinctive sound unit of language. To illustrate, the word 'bat' can be divided into the smallest linguistic units. These are the smallest linguistic units which cannot be divided further. They are distinctive because they are the smallest units in the sound system of a language which can be used to differentiate meanings from one another. This means that when one phoneme is substituted by another, it produces change in meaning. Each phoneme may have a number of variants. These variants are called as allophones. Linguistics is a systematic study of language. Phonetics is a branch of linguistics which deals with the medium of speech. It deals with the production, transmission and reception of the sounds of human speech. It is related to the description and classification of these sounds. On the other hand, phonology is an applied phonetics. It is a branch of linguistics which deals with the sound system of a particular language. It is about different patterns of sounds. The selection and organization of the speech sounds in that particular language constitutes the phonology of that language. It also studies how the phonemes are combined into syllables and how the prosodic features of length, stress and pitch are organized into certain patterns. Thus, phonemes are studied in phonology. It is notable that phonology of one language can be different from the phonology of other languages. Modern English Structures- Forms, Functions and Position is intended for advanced graduate students and practitioners interested in contemporary English, especially those whose key area of interest is English as a second language, English stylistics, theoretical and applied linguistics. Modern English is the form of the English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift in England, which began in the late 14th century and was completed in roughly 1550. Modern English has a large number of dialects spoken in diverse countries throughout the world. Language is a means of communication. It is a system of conventional oral and written signals. In English, the correspondence between the written form and the spoken form is not consistently maintained. We use a number of different speech sounds while speaking English. Words are used in speech. But word is not the smallest unit of a language. A word can be divided into smallest linguistic units which are called as 'Phonemes'. Every language has certain number of distinctive sound units which are called as 'Phonemes'. Thus a phoneme is a minimal distinctive sound unit of language. To illustrate, the word 'bat' can be divided into the smallest linguistic units. These are the smallest linguistic units which cannot be divided further. They are distinctive because they are the smallest units in the sound system of a language which can be used to differentiate meanings from one another. This means that when one phoneme is substituted by another, it produces change in meaning. Each phoneme may have a number of variants. These variants are called as allophones. Linguistics is a systematic study of language. Phonetics is a branch of linguistics which deals with the medium of speech. It deals with the production, transmission and reception of the sounds of human speech. It is related to the description and classification of these sounds. On the other hand, phonology is an applied phonetics. It is a branch of linguistics which deals with the sound system of a particular language. It is about different patterns of sounds. The selection and organization of the speech sounds in that particular language constitutes the phonology of that language. It also studies how the phonemes are combined into syllables and how the prosodic features of length, stress and pitch are organized into certain patterns. Thus, phonemes are studied in phonology. It is notable that phonology of one language can be different from the phonology of other languages. Modern English Structures- Forms, Functions and Position is intended for advanced graduate students and practitioners interested in contemporary English, especially those whose key area of interest is English as a second language, English stylistics, theoretical and applied linguistics.
