Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts

Trask, R.L. (Author)/ Stockwell, Peter (Edited by)

ISBN 10: 0415413583 / ISBN 13: 9780415413589

Published by Routledge, 2007

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2nd edition. 367 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415413583
• ISBN 13: 9780415413589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.53 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

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.