Language and Linguistics | The Key Concepts

R. L. Trask

ISBN 10: 0415413591 / ISBN 13: 9780415413596

Published by Routledge, 2007

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Language and Linguistics | The Key Concepts | R. L. Trask | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2007 | Routledge | EAN 9780415413596 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language and Linguistics | The Key Concepts
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415413591
• ISBN 13: 9780415413596
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 21D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 492 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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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.