An Introduction to Language and Linguistics

Herausgegeben:Fasold, Ralph; Connor-Linton, Jeff

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Produktbeschreibung

A clear and up-to-date introduction to linguistics. This book provides balanced coverage of the structure of language and its use, and student learning is supported by numerous examples, exercises, textboxes and online resources.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1206g
• ISBN-13: 9781107637993
• ISBN-10: 1107637996
• Artikelnr.: 40742187

Autorenporträt

Fasold, Ralph W.
Ralph Fasold is Professor Emeritus and past Chair of the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University. He is the author of four books and editor or co-editor of six others. Among them are the textbooks The Sociolinguistics of Society (1984) and The Sociolinguistics of Language (1990).

Connor-Linton, Jeff
Jeff Connor-Linton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University, where he has been Head of the Applied Linguistics Program and Department Chair. He is a past President of the American Association for Applied Linguistics. He has supervised a multi-section introductory linguistics course and supervises the pedagogical training of graduate students in the linguistics department.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The sounds of language
2. Words and their parts
3. The structure of sentences
4. Meaning
5. Discourse
6. Child language acquisition
7. Language and the brain
8. Language change
9. Dialect variation
10. Language and culture
11. The politics of language
12. Writing
13. Second language acquisition
14. Computational linguistics
Glossary.

Rezensionen

'This is a great textbook covering all the major topics in language structure and use. It offers a comprehensive survey of the field as well as intriguing insights into many current issues, from formal syntax, through language and the brain to computational linguistics.' Alexander Bergs, Universität Osnabrück