Linguistics

An Introduction

Andrew Spencer author Martin Atkinson author Andrew Radford author David Britain author Harald Clahsen author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:12th Feb '09

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The second edition of this highly successful textbook offering a unified approach to language from a range of perspectives.

Written by a team based at one of the world's leading centres for linguistic teaching and research, the second edition of this highly successful textbook offers a unified approach to language, viewed from a range of perspectives essential for students' understanding of the subject.Written by a team based at one of the world's leading centres for linguistic teaching and research, the second edition of this highly successful textbook offers a unified approach to language, viewed from a range of perspectives essential for students' understanding of the subject. Using clear explanations throughout, the book is divided into three main sections: sounds, words, and sentences. In each, the foundational concepts are introduced, along with their application to the fields of child language acquisition, psycholinguistics, language disorders, and sociolinguistics, giving the book a unique yet simple structure that helps students to engage with the subject more easily than other textbooks on the market. This edition includes a completely new section on sentence use, including an introduction and discussion of core areas of pragmatics and conversational analysis; coverage of sociolinguistic topics, introducing communities of practice; a wealth of new exercise material and updated further reading.

ISBN: 9780521849487

Dimensions: 252mm x 180mm x 25mm

Weight: 1040g

450 pages

2nd Revised edition