The second edition of this hugely successful textbook provides comprehensive coverage of a wide range of topics in theoretical and applied linguistics. Written by leading academics in the field, this text offers a firm grounding in linguistics and includes engaging insights into current research.
It covers all the key areas of linguistic analysis, including phonetics, morphology, semantics and pragmatics, and core domains of study, comprising the history of the English language, regional and social variation, style and communication and interaction. Fresh material on research methods outlines key areas for consideration when carrying out a research project, and provides students with the framework they need to investigate linguistic phenomena for themselves.
This is an invaluable resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students on English language and linguistics degree programmes.
New to this Edition:
- Seven new chapters covering topics such as second language acquisition, corpus linguistics and research methods
- A number of chapters have been substantially revised, including those on World Englishes, Literacies in Cyberspace and TEFL, TESOL and Linguistics
- Fully updated throughout to reflect the latest advances in the field
INTRODUCTION
1. Studying the English language
ENGLISH: STRUCTURE
2. Phonetics
3. Phonology
4. Morphology: word structure
5. Grammar: words (and phrases)
6. Grammar: phrases (and clauses)
7. Grammar: clauses (and sentences)
8. Text linguistics
9. Semantics
10. Pragmatics
ENGLISH: HISTORY
11. Standard English and standardization
12. Spelling
13. Phonological change
14. Lexical change
15. Semantic change
16. Grammatical change
ENGLISH SPEECH: REGIONAL AND SOCIAL VARIATION
17. Regional variation in English accents and dialects
18. Language and social class
19. Language and ethnicity
20. Pidgins and creole Englishes
21. American English
22. World Englishes and English as a lingua franca
23. Language discourses: attitudes to diversity
ENGLISH WRITING: STYLE, GENRE AND PRACTICE
24. Speech, writing and discourse type
25. Language in newspapers
26. Language in advertisements
27. Language in literature: stylistics
28. Literary practices
29. New technologies: literacies in cyberspace
ENGLISH: COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION
30. Structures of conversation
31. Language, reality and power
32. Politeness in interaction
33. Gender and language
34. Language and sexuality
35. Bad language
36. Language and politics
37. Business communication
ENGLISH: LEARNING AND TEACHING
38. First language acquisition
39. Second language acquisition
40. Languages and literacies in education
41. TEFL, TESOL and linguistics
ENGLISH INVESTIGATING
42. Methods for researching English
43. The corpus method and English
CONCLUSION
44. The English language: reflections.
