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Written by a team based at one of the world's leading centres for linguistic teaching and research, the second edition of this highly successful textbook offers a unified approach to language, viewed from a range of perspectives essential for students' understanding of the subject. Using clear explanations throughout, the book is divided into three main sections: sounds, words, and sentences. In each, the foundational concepts are introduced, along with their application to the fields of child language acquisition, psycholinguistics, language disorders, and sociolinguistics, giving the book a unique yet simple structure that helps students to engage with the subject more easily than other textbooks on the market. This edition includes a completely new section on sentence use, including an introduction and discussion of core areas of pragmatics and conversational analysis; coverage of sociolinguistic topics, introducing communities of practice; a wealth of new exercise material and updated further reading.

ISBN-13

9780521849487

ISBN-10

0521849489

Weight

2.02 Pounds

Dimensions

6.90 x 1.20 x 9.70 In

List Price

$185.00

Edition

2nd Edition

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

450 pages

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published On

2009-02-12



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