Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction, Fifth Edition

O'Grady, William; Archibald, John; Aronoff, Mark; Rees-Miller, Janie

ISBN 10: 0312419368 / ISBN 13: 9780312419363

Published by Bedford/St. Martin's (edition 5th), 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction, Fifth Edition
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's (edition 5th)
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312419368
• ISBN 13: 9780312419363
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 5th.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Contemporary Linguistics is the gold standard of introductory linguistics textbooks. Meticulously prepared, it is one of the most comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date introductory resources on the market. The book’s extensive examples and exercises help students master the course material, and its lucid writing style makes complex concepts easy to understand.

About the Author

WILLIAM O'GRADY teaches linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is the author of several scholarly books. His research focuses on syntactic theory, language acquisition, and Korean.

JOHN ARCHIBALD, in addition to teaching linguistics at the University of Calgary, studies the acquisition of phonology and has written several books on the subject.

MARK ARONOFF is professor of linguistics at Stony Brook University and President of the Linguistic Society of America for 2005. He has written numerous articles and several books on aspects of linguistic morphology, as well as on orthography and the teaching of linguistics.

JANIE REES-MILLER is director of international programs at Marietta College, Ohio. In research and teaching, she is concerned with the interface between theory and practice and with making linguistics accessible to nonlinguists. She is coeditor with Mark Aronoff of ~The Handbook of Linguistics~.