Introduction to Language and Linguistics

Name: Introduction to Language and Linguistics
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ISBN: 9781107637993

ISBN-10: 1107637996

ISBN-13: 9781107637993

Edition: 2nd 2014

Authors: Ralph W. Fasold, Jeffrey Connor-Linton

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A clear and up-to-date introduction to linguistics. This bestselling textbook addresses the full scope of language, from the traditional subjects of structural linguistics (relating to sound, form, meaning and language change) to the more specialised subjects of contextual linguistics (including discourse, dialect variation, language and culture, and the politics of language). There are also separate chapters on language and the brain, computational linguistics, and first and second language learning. Extensively classroom-tested, this second edition has been revised to further support student learning, with numerous new examples, exercises and textboxes to model and contextualise key…

Book details

List price: $74.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/4/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.65" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 2.882

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.