Introducing Linguistics

Theoretical and Applied Approaches

Edited by Joyce Bruhn de Garavito , University of Western Ontario, John
W. Schwieter , Wilfrid Laurier University

Publication date
Digital publication date: 22 April 2021
Physical publication date: 21 January 2021

Everything we do involves language. Assuming no prior knowledge, this

book offers students a contemporary introduction to the study of
language. Each thought-provoking chapter is accessible to readers
from a variety of fields, and is helpfully organized across six parts:
sound; structure and meaning; language typologies and change;
language and social aspects; language acquisition; and language,
cognition, and the brain. The book's companion website also offers
three brief chapters on language and computers; animal
communication; and dialectal varieties of English. The chapters feature
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illustrative tables, figures and maps, along with three types of
pedagogical boxes (Linguistic Tidbits; Pause and Reflect; and Eyes on World Languages) that break
up text, contextualize information, and provide colourful accents that give real data from
languages across the globe. Key words are bolded and defined in a glossary at the end of the
book, while end-of-chapter summaries and practice exercises reinforce the key points discussed.

Key features
An up-to-date, thought-provoking introduction to linguistics that is accessible to all learners
'Linguistics Tidbits' and 'Eyes on World Languages' boxes provide colourful accents, giving real
language data from around the world and making complex theories more accessible to
students from non-Science backgrounds
Incorporates accessible discourse about prominent theories and application to linguistics
along with practice problems that solidify knowledge of such approaches

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About the book

Subjects: English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
Format: Hardback , Price: US$173.00
Publication date: 21 January 2021, ISBN: 9781108482554
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Contents
Part 1 - Introduction 9 - Sociolinguistics
1 - Introducing Linguistics 10 - Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis
Part 2 - Sound 11 - Writing Systems
2 - Phonetics Part 6 - Language Acquisition
3 - Phonology 12 - First Language Acquisition
Part 3 - Structure and Meaning 13 - Second Language Acquisition
4 - Morphology Part 7 - Language, Cognition, and the Brain
Appendix 1 - Identifying Roots and Bound Morphemes in Other 14 - Psycholinguistics
Languages 15 - Neurolinguistics
Appendix 2 - How to Build Trees that Represent the Structure Part 8 - Brief Chapters on the Companion Website
of Complex Words 16 - Animal Communication and Language
5 - Syntax 17 - Computational Linguistics
6 - Semantics 18 - English Varieties Outside of North America
Part 4 - Language Typologies and Change Glossary
7 - The Classification of Languages Index
8 - Historical Linguistics
Part 5 - Language and Social Aspects

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