William B. Mcgregor

Linguistics: An Introduction (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the new edition of Linguistics: An Introduction. It is a bestselling introductory textbook for all students of linguistics and language studies.

This reworked edition features:
-new chapters on sign languages, writing, and text and discourse
-coverage of writing in electronic media
-revised and updated chapters on languages of the world and psycholinguistics

Firmly based around taught courses and catering to student needs, it addresses all the topics that a student will need in their study of language. With key terms, further reading, questions at the end of each chapter, exercises and key paragraphs in stand-out boxes, this is a firmly pedagogic text that takes difficult concepts and explains them in an easy to understand way. It features examples taken from a range of languages across the world. Global in its scope and comprehensive in its coverage, this is the textbook of choice for linguistics students.

The book comes with a large Companion Website, also extensively revised and expanded. For lecturers and instructors, a comprehensive Answer Book is also available to go along with the questions throughout the chapters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567488688
• Artikelnr.: 42185221

Autorenporträt

William B. McGregor is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has published over a dozen books, including Semiotic Grammar (OUP, 1997) and The Languages of the Kimberly, Western Australia (Routledge, 2004). He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of MapsList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgements Abbreviations and Conventions Used in Examples 1. IntroductionPart I LANGUAGE: SYSTEM AND STRUCTURE2. Sounds of Language: Phonetics and Phonology3. Structure of Words: Morphology4. Lexicon5. Structure of Sentences: Syntax6. MeaningPart II LANGUAGE: A HUMAN PHENOMENON7. Sociolinguistics: Language in Its Social Context8. Text and Discourse9. Psycholinguistics: Language, the Mind and the Brain10. Language Acquisition11. Language in Its Biological ContextPart III LANGUAGE: UNIFORMITY AND DIVERSITY12. Sign languages13. Writing14. Unity and Diversity in Language Structure15. Language Change16. Languages of the WorldGlossaryReferencesLanguage IndexName IndexSubject Index

Rezensionen

[This book] encompasses the latest research results published by the most prominent linguists from the whole world ... The pedagogical merits make McGregor's Linguistics: An Introduction a special publication ... I wholeheartedly recommend the book to both teachers and students of language. Personally, I am going to take advantage of all the merits this textbook offers in my classroom with students of English philology. LINGUIST List 20160321