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Introducing Linguistics brings together the work of scholars working at the cutting-edge of the field of linguistics, creating an accessible and wide-ranging introductory level textbook for newcomers to this area of study. The textbook:
¿ Provides broad coverage of the field, comprising five key areas: language structures, mind and society, applications, methods, and issues;
¿ Presents the latest research in an accessible way;
¿ Incorporates examples from a wide variety of languages - from isiZulu to Washo - throughout;
¿ Treats sign language in numerous chapters as yet another language, rather than a 'special case' confined to its own chapter;
¿ Includes recommended readings and resource materials, and is supplemented by a companion website.
This textbook goes beyond description and theory, giving weight to application and methodology. It is authored by a team of leading scholars from the world-renowned Lancaster University department, who have drawn on both their research and extensive classroom experience. Aimed at undergraduate students of linguistics, Introducing Linguistics is the ideal textbook to introduce students to the field of linguistics.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Preface by Jonathan CulpeperSection one: Languages structuresChapter 1 Phonetics
Sam Kirkham and Claire NanceChapter 2 Phonology
Claire Nance and Sam KirkhamChapter 3 Morphology
Daniel Van OlmenChapter 4 Syntax
Daniel Van OlmenChapter 5 Semantics
Christopher Hart and Vittorio TantucciChapter 6 Pragmatics
Jonathan Culpeper and Claire Hardaker Section two: Mind and societyChapter 7 Sociolinguistics
Beth Malory and Karin TustingChapter 8 Historical linguistics
Beth MaloryChapter 9 Language acquisition
Silke Brandt and Patrick RebuschatChapter 10 Studying discourse
Beth MaloryChapter 11 Bilingualism and multilingualism
Claire Nance and Aina CasaponsaChapter 12 Communication and culture
Dimitrinka AtanasovaSection three: ApplicationsChapter 13 Forensic linguistics and forensic phonetics
Georgina Brown and Claire Hardaker Chapter 14 Health communication
Elena SeminoChapter 15 Language in the curriculum
Oksana Afitska and John CleggChapter 16 Critical Discourse Analysis
Christopher HartChapter 17 Language in the workplace
Veronika KollerChapter 18 Computational linguistics
Georgina BrownSection four: MethodsChapter 19 Research ethics in (applied) linguistics
Uta Papen, Emily Peach, Aina Casaponsa, and Dimitrinka AtanasovaChapter 20 Experimental methods
Patrick Rebuschat and Aina CasaponsaChapter 21 Corpus methods
Tony McEnery and Andrew Hardie Chapter 22 Field methods
Uta Papen and Claire NanceChapter 23 Surveys, questionnaires, interviews and focus groups
Karin TustingChapter 24 Statistics and data visualisation
Vaclav Brezina and Aina CasaponsaSection five: IssuesChapter 25 Generative vs. usage-based approaches to language
Willem B. HollmannChapter 26 Linguistic theories of grammar
Willem B. Hollmann and Vittorio TantucciChapter 27 Linguistic relativity
Panos AthanasopoulosChapter 28 Linguistic diversity
Claire NanceChapter 29 Evolutionary linguistics
Christopher HartChapter 30 Animal communication
Jennifer HughesIndex
About the author
Jonathan Culpeper is Professor of English Language and Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK.
Beth Malory is Lecturer in English Linguistics at University College London, UK, and Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK.
Claire Nance is Senior Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK.
Daniel Van Olmen is Senior Lecturer in Linguistic Typology and Language Change in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK.
Dimitrinka Atanasova is Lecturer in Intercultural Communication in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK.
Sam Kirkham is Senior Lecturer in Phonetics in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK.
Aina Casaponsa is Lecturer in Language, Cognition and Neuroscience in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK.
Summary
Introducing Linguistics brings together the work of scholars working at the cutting-edge of the field of Linguistics, creating an accessible and wide-ranging introductory level textbook for newcomers to Linguistics.
