Language in Use - A Reader (Paperback)

Designed for introductory students, this collection of key readings in language and linguistics will take readers beyond their introductory textbook and introduce them to the thoughts and writings of many esteemed authorities. The reader includes seminal papers, new or controversial pieces to stimulate discussion and reports on applied work. Language in Use: is split into four parts - 'Language and Interaction', 'Language Systems', 'Language and Society' and 'Language and Mind' covers all the topics of language study including conversation analysis, pragmatics, power and politeness, semantics, grammar, phonetics, multilingualism, child language acquisition and psycholinguistics has readings from authorities including Pinker, Fairclough, Crystal, Le Page and Tabouret-Keller, Hughes, Trudgill and Watt, Halliday, Sacks, Mills, Obler and Gjerlow provides comprehensive editorial support for each reading with introductions, activities or discussion points to follow and further reading Is supported by a companion website, offering extra resources for students including additional activities, useful weblinks and advice from the authors Designed for use as a companion to Introducing Language in Use (Routledge, 2005), but also highly usable as a stand-alone text, this Reader will introduce readers to the wide world of linguistics and applied linguistics.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	2010
Editors:	Patrick Griffiths • Andrew John Merrison • Aileen Bloomer
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	390
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-44205-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-44205-2
Barcode:	9780415442053

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