Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts

✍ Scribed by R.L. Trask, Peter Stockwell

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 276
• Series: Routledge Key Guides
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics is an A-Z guide to the main terms and concepts used in the study of language and linguistics. The book includes definitions of terms used in grammatical analysis from phoneme to componential analysis; branches of linguistics from semantics to neurolinguistics; approaches used in studying language from discourse analysis to systemic linguistics; linguistic phenomena from code-switching to conversational implicature; and language varieties from pidgin to standard language. Each entry begins with a brief definition of the term followed by a more detailed description. Entries trace the origin of the concept, mention the key associated individuals, provide a guide to further reading and are extensively cross- referenced.

✦ Table of Contents

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 7
KEY CONCEPTS......Page 9
A......Page 21
B......Page 39
C......Page 43
D......Page 63
E......Page 78
F......Page 82
G......Page 86
H......Page 97
I......Page 99
K......Page 110
L......Page 112
M......Page 139
N......Page 150
O......Page 162
P......Page 167
Q......Page 190
R......Page 192
S......Page 196
T......Page 227
U......Page 238
V......Page 241
W......Page 247
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 252
INDEX......Page 263