Understanding Language Structure, Interaction, and Variation, Second Edition An Introduction to Applied Linguistics and Sociolinguistics for Nonspecialists

Name: Understanding Language Structure, Interaction, and Variation, Second Edition An Introduction to Applied Linguistics and Sociolinguistics for Nonspecialists
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ISBN: 9780472030385

ISBN-10: 0472030388

ISBN-13: 9780472030385

Edition: 2nd 2005

Authors: Steven Brown, Salvatore Attardo

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Understanding Language Structure, Interaction, and Variation, Second Edition, provides an introduction to the study of language and applied linguistics for students who have had a minimum of exposure to the discipline of linguistics. Using clear, easy-to-understand explanations and examples, this text avoids the in-depth theoretical coverage found in texts written for those who specialize in linguistics or SLA. As a result, this book is perfect for students whose chosen fields require them to be acquainted with the ways language works, such as future teachers, psychologists, sociologists, and anthropologists, but who do not intend to become linguists. The text is also suitable for English…

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List price: $28.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 3/3/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

Salvatore Attardo, Ph.D., is Professor and Head of the Department of Literature and Languages at Texas A&M University-Commerce and at present is serving as Interim Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences.ï¿½ He holds degrees from The Catholic University of Milan (Doctorate, French Language and Literature, 1986) and Purdue University (Ph.D., Linguistics/English, 1991).ï¿½ He has published two books on the linguistics of humor, and he is also the Editor-in-Chief of HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research . ï¿½He has published extensively in pragmatics and semantics, primarily on issues relating to implicatures, irony, rationality and Neo-Gricean Pragmatics.ï¿½ His other areas of…




Introduction to linguistics



The building blocks of language



How do we mean things?



Sociolinguistics



Language variation



Language and social groups



Pidgins and Creoles



African-American vernacular English



Language policy



Language and gender



Literacy



First language acquisition



Second language acquisition



Language and literature



Linguistics in the professions



The nature of language



Historical linguistics



Pedagogical grammar