English Language

Introducing Linguistics

Theoretical and Applied Approaches

Edited by Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John W. Schwieter

Introducing Linguistics

Theoretical and Applied Approaches Available Now 2021, 246 x 189 mm, 626 pp 9781108710657 | Paperback (also available as an eBook)

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

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 organised 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 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, contextualise 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.

• 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

Contents

Contents Preface Part I. Introduction: 1. Introducing linguistics Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John W. Schwieter Part II. Sound: 2. Phonetics: sound articulation and acoustics Christine Shea and Sarah

Olivia O’Neill 3. Phonology: sound patterns and contrasts Joyce Bruhn de Garavito Part III. Structure And Meaning: 4. Morphology: word structure Joyce Bruhn de Garavito 5. Syntax: phrase and sentence structure Joyce Bruhn de Garavito 6. Semantics: language and meaning Roumyana Slabakova Part IV. Language Typologies And Change: 7. The classification of languages Asya Pereltsvaig 8. Historical linguistics Laura Grestenberger Part V. Language And Social Aspects: 9. Sociolinguistics: language in society Terry Nadasdi 10. Pragmatics and discourse analysis Maite Taboada 11. Writing systems Peter T. Daniels and John W. Schwieter Part VI. Language Acquisition: 12. First language acquisition John W. Schwieter 13. Second language acquisition John W. Schwieter Part VII. Language, Cognition, And The Brain: 14. Psycholinguistics: language processing John W. Schwieter 15. Neurolinguistics: language and the brain John W. Schwieter Part VIII. Brief Chapters On Companion Website and in eBook 16. Animal communication and language Con Slobodchikoff 17. Computational linguistics Robert E. Mercer 18. English varieties outside of North America Daniel Schreier

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