Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts

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Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts

Book Detail

Author/Editor(s): R.L. Trask, Peter Stockwell
Publication Date: July 16, 2007
ISBN-10: 0415413583
ISBN-13: 978-0415413589
Language: English
Edition: 2
Publisher: Routledge
Size: 1.59 MB
Format: pdf

Book Description

A comprehensive and critical A-Z guide to the main terms and concepts used in the study of language and linguistics, definitions featured include:

terms used in grammatical analysis
branches of linguistics from semantics to neurolinguistics
approaches used in studying language from critical discourse analysis to systemic linguistics
linguistic phenomena from code-switching to conversational implicature
language varieties from pidgin to standard language.

This fully updated second edition includes a new introduction, a wide range of new entries (reflecting developments in linguistics) and added specialized further reading for lecturers and more advanced students.

About the Author

R.L. Trask (1994-2004) was the highly regarded Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex. His numerous publications included Language: the Basics (1995) and A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology (1995).

Peter Stockwell is Professor of Literary Linguistics at the University of Nottingham and the editor of the Routledge English Language Introductions Series.

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