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Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts
R. L. Trask
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Description for Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts
Paperback. A guide to the terms and concepts used in the study of language and linguistics. Definitions featured range from: terms used in grammatical analysis, and branches of linguistics from semantics to neurolinguistics, to linguistic phenomena from code-switching to conversational implicature, and, language varieties from pidgin to standard language. Editor(s): Stockwell, Peter. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Num Pages: 392 pages, 6 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: CF; GBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 490.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Routledge Key Guides
Condition
New
Weight
462g
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415413596
SKU
V9780415413596
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About R. L. Trask
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.
Reviews for Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts
Praise for first edition: 'This is a brilliant book. It combines the readability of Pinker with the breadth and erudition of Crystal, and deserves a place of honour as a summary of the best of twentieth-century linguistics – liberal, scholarly, forward-looking, undogmatic, sensible, practical and above all wide-ranging. Every linguist will be pleased ... Every student of linguistics will ... Read more