Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts

by R.L. Trask, Peter Stockwell (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415413596
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/30/2007
Series:	Routledge Key Guides
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

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.

Table of Contents

List of Key Concepts (alphabetically arranged), List of Key Concepts (arranged by linguistic sub-discipline), Preface to the revised edition, The International Phonetic Alphabet, KEY CONCEPTS, Bibliography, Index