"This book examines linguistics and its application in English language teaching and learning. It bridges the gap between linguistic theory and its application in practice in order to prepare effective English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teachers and professionals"--.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Book Series
• Editorial Advisory Board
• Table of Contents
• Detailed Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• Section 1: What Is Language?
  • Chapter 1: Knowledge of Language
• Section 2: Morphology
  • Chapter 2: Morphemes
  • Chapter 3: Word Formation
• Section 3: Syntax
  • Chapter 4: Phrase and Sentence Structure
  • Chapter 5: Syntax Rules and (Un)Grammaticality
• Section 4: Morpho-Syntax
  • Chapter 6: Morpho-Syntactic Marking of Inflectional Categories in English
• Section 5: Semantics
  • Chapter 7: Lexical Semantics
• Section 6: Pragmatics
  • Chapter 8: Understanding Language in Context
  • Chapter 9: Speech Acts and Cross-Cultural Pragmatics
  • Chapter 10: Discourse Analysis
• Section 7: Phonetics
  • Chapter 11: Articulatory Phonetics
  • Chapter 12: Articulatory Phonetics
• Section 8: Phonology
  • Chapter 13: English Sounds in Context
  • Chapter 14: The Rules of Phonology
  • Chapter 15: The Causes of Learner Pronunciation Problems in English
  • Chapter 16: Supporting English Learners' Development of Intelligible Speech
• Section 9: Sociolinguistics
  • Chapter 17: Sociolinguistic Factors Influencing English Language Learning
• Appendix
• Glossary
• Compilation of References
• About the Contributors
• Index