The English Language and Linguistics Companion - Finch, Geoffrey / Allan, Keith / Bradshaw, Julie et al.
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Interested in discovering how language works? Daunted by the prospect of studying linguistics at university? The English Language and Linguistics Companion is a tool-kit for the novice linguist. Integrating study skills with substantive coverage, it offers an innovative approach to the study of English language and linguistics, helping students see how their chosen discipline 'fits together'.
A one-stop resource, this practical and highly accessible guide: - Provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary approaches to the study of language and outlines the contribution of significant…mehr

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Interested in discovering how language works? Daunted by the prospect of studying linguistics at university? The English Language and Linguistics Companion is a tool-kit for the novice linguist. Integrating study skills with substantive coverage, it offers an innovative approach to the study of English language and linguistics, helping students see how their chosen discipline 'fits together'.

A one-stop resource, this practical and highly accessible guide:
- Provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary approaches to the study of language and outlines the contribution of significant scholars to the development of the field
- Introduces the core topics and concepts of linguistics and the study of language and summarizes key issues in applied linguistics
- Defines and illustrates the key terms and concepts in the discipline of linguistics
- Offers practical advice on the skills required when studying linguistics and suggests a range of possible career pathways
- Illustrates approaches to linguistic research and recommends resources for linguistic inquiry and the study of language

Packed full of information and guidance, this is an essential resource for prospective linguistics students and anyone with an interest in the study of language.
Autorenporträt
GEOFF FINCH has taught English at universities in New Zealand and Nigeria and was Senior Lecturer in English at Anglia Polytechnic University, where he lectured and wrote on both language and literature. He is the author of Linguistic Terms and Concepts and How to Study Linguistics. KEITH ALLAN is Reader in Linguistics at Monash University, Australia. His research focuses on aspects of meaning in Language and his publications include Natural Language Semantics, Forbidden Words: Taboo and the Censoring of Language and The Western Classical Tradition in Linguistics. He is the Editor of the Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics and Co-Editor (with Kate Burridge) of the Australian Journal of Linguistics.JULIE BRADSHAW is Lecturer in Linguistics at Monash University, Australia. She has taught English as a foreign language in the UK and Libya, and Linguistics in the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. Her main interests are in the sociolinguistic aspects of second language acquisition and use. GEORGINA HEYDON is Research Fellow in the Linguistics Program at Monash University, Australia. She has lectured in Linguistics at Aarhus University, Denmark, and is the author of The Language of Police Interviewing.KATE BURRIDGE is both Professor and Chair of Linguistics in the Linguistics Program in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University. She is the co-author, with Keith Allan, of Forbidden Words: Taboo and the Censoring of Language and also a regular presenter of language segments on ABC Radio.