How English works : a linguistic introduction / [print]
Anne Curzan ; Michael Adams.
- New York : Pearson/Longman, (c)2006.
- xxviii, 561 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
A Language like English -- Language and Authority -- English Phonology -- English Morphology -- Syntax: The Grammar of Words -- Syntax: Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences -- Semantics -- Spoken Discourse -- Stylistics -- Language Acquisition -- Language Variation -- American Dialects -- History of English: Old to Early Modern -- History of English: Modern and Future.