Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides) - Softcover

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Trask, R.L.

 
9780415413596: Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)
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ISBN 10: 0415413591 ISBN 13: 9780415413596
Publisher: Routledge, 2007

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.

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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.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415413591
ISBN 13 
9780415413596
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
392
Editor
Stockwell Peter

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