Authors:April McMahon, Robert McMahon,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: numbers, classification, language
Number of Pages: 283
Published: 2006-02-02
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0199279020
ISBN-13: 9780199279029

This book considers how languages have traditionally been divided into families, and asks how they should classified in the future. It describes and applies computer programs from biology and evolutionary genetics to data about languages and shows how the power of the computer can be harnessed to throw light on long-standing problems in historical linguistics. It tests current theories and hypotheses, shows how new ideas can be formulated, and offers a series of demonstrations that the new techniques applied to old data can produce convincing results that are sometimes startlingly at odds with

Author: April M. S. McMahon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: change, language, understanding
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 1994-04-29
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0521446651
ISBN-13: 9780521446655

How and why do language changes begin; how and why do they spread; and how can they ultimately be explained? This new textbook sets out to answer these questions in a clear and helpful way that will be accessible to all students with only an elementary knowledge of linguistics. In the first half of the book Dr. McMahon analyzes changes from every area of grammar. In the second she looks at such topics as language contact, linguistic variation, pidgins and Creoles, and language death. Throughout, the discussion is illustrated by a wealth of examples from English and other languages.

Author: April McMahon
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: phonology, english, introduction
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2002-03-21
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0195218914
ISBN-13: 9780195218916

This is a short, lively, and accessible introduction to the sounds of modern English. Its emphasis on variation, with examples from British, American, New Zealand, and Singaporean English, make it suitable for both native and non-native speakers. McMahon focuses on the vowels and consonants, but also discusses syllables, stress, and the phonology of words and phrases. She introduces new tools and terminology gradually, and discusses the motivation for key concepts.

Author: April McMahon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: english, studies, linguistics, cambridge, lexical, history, phonology
Number of Pages: 322
Published: 2000-04-13
List price: $142.00
ISBN-10: 0521472806
ISBN-13: 9780521472807

This book analyzes some differences among English, Scottish and American accents of English, and shows how they developed and why they have their current form. Although the revised version of lexical phonology presented here is intended to describe present-day patterns, it can also show how historical sound changes gave rise to these patterns.

Author: April McMahon
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: linguistics, oxford, optimality, chance, change
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2000-11-16
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0198241259
ISBN-13: 9780198241256

This book is about how languages change. It is also a devastating critique of a widespread linguistic orthodoxy. April McMahon argues that to provide a convincing explanation of linguistic change the roles of history and contingency must be accommodated in linguistic theory. She also shows that theoretical work in related disciplines can be used to assess the value of such theories. Optimality Theory, or OT as it is usually called, dominates contemporary phonology, especially in the USA, and is becoming increasingly influential in syntax and language acquisition. Having set out its basis prin

Authors:Judith W. McMahon, Frank B. McMahon, Tony Romano,
Publisher: West Publishing Company
Keywords: workbook, psychology
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1994-07
List price: $30.75
ISBN-10: 0314045244
ISBN-13: 9780314045249

Authors:Maureen McMahon, Maureen McMahon, Patricia Simmons, R
Publisher: National Science Teachers Association
Keywords: research, pb204x, education, experiences, science, practical, assessment
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2006-03-27
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 1933531002
ISBN-13: 9781933531007

If you want the latest research about assessment techniques that really work, you want Assessment in Science. This collection of informative, up-to-date reports is by authors who are practicing K-12 classroom teachers and universitybased educators and researchers. Working in teams, they tried out and evaluated different assessment approaches in actual classrooms. The research is sound, but that doesn’t mean it’s hard to grasp. The book stays true to its title by capturing practical lessons in accessible language. As the introduction notes, the reports feature “classr