Language and Linguistics

R. L. Trask

ISBN 10: 0415413591 / ISBN 13: 9780415413596

Published by Routledge Mai 2007, 2007

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -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 analysisbranches of linguistics from semantics to neurolinguisticsapproaches used in studying language from critical discourse analysis to systemic linguisticslinguistic phenomena from code-switching to conversational implicaturelanguage 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 addedspecialized further reading forlecturers and more advanced students. 392 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language and Linguistics
• Publisher: Routledge Mai 2007
• 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

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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.