Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts

by R.L. Trask

Book 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415413591
• ISBN13: 9780415413596
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.2"