This clear and accessible textbook introduces the crucial concepts essential to your study of the semantics and pragmatics of English. Coverage is wide-ranging, taking you from word meaning to the level of discourse, and explaining how these topics are treated in contemporary linguistic research. Chapters cover adjective, noun and verb meanings, situation types, figurative language, tense, aspect, modality, quantification, topic and focus. Explanations of entailment, compositionality and scope provide a foundation for subsequent study of formal semantics. Supported by chapter summaries and with plenty of usage examples, exercises and discussion questions, you will not only gain a systematic overview of meaning in English but be equipped with the tools to argue for specific analyses as well.

Introducing Language in Use, second edition, provides a lively and accessible introduction to the study of language and linguistics. Drawing on a vast range of data and examples of language in its many forms, this book provides students with the tools they need to analyse real language in diverse contexts. The second edition of this best-selling textbook has been fully revised and updated with entirely new chapters on Phonology and Sociolinguistics, two separate chapters on syntax and grammar, completely rewritten chapters on Multilingualism, Psycholinguistics and World Englishes, and a greater focus on corpus linguistics. Introducing Language in Use: covers all the core areas and topics of language study, including semiotics, communication, grammar, phonetics, phonology, words, semantics, variety in language, history of English, world Englishes, multilingualism, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, conversation analysis, pragmatics and politeness adopts a 'how to' approach, encouraging students to apply their knowledge as they learn it draws on examples of language from around the world in forms ranging from conversation to advertising and text messaging, always giving precedence to real language in use includes activities throughout the text and an extensive glossary of terms The book is supported by a companion website offering a wealth of additional resources including commentaries on the activities in the book, suggested further reading and references, links to useful websites, more texts to analyse, additional web activities, 'fun with language' exercises, discussion questions and an additional 'Language in Education' chapter. This is an essential coursebook for all introductory courses in English language, communication and linguistics. Visit the companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/merrison

Introducing Language in Use, second edition, provides a lively and accessible introduction to the study of language and linguistics. Drawing on a vast range of data and examples of language in its many forms, this book provides students with the tools they need to analyse real language in diverse contexts.

The second edition of this best-selling textbook has been fully revised and updated with entirely new chapters on Phonology and Sociolinguistics, two separate chapters on syntax and grammar, completely rewritten chapters on Multilingualism, Psycholinguistics and World Englishes, and a greater focus on corpus linguistics."

Introducing Language in Use:

• "
• covers all the core areas and topics of language study, including semiotics, communication, grammar, phonetics, phonology, words, semantics, variety in language, history of English, world Englishes, multilingualism, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, conversation analysis, pragmatics and politeness
• adopts a 'how to' approach, encouraging students to apply their knowledge as they learn it
• draws on examples of language from around the world in forms ranging from conversation to advertising and text messaging, always giving precedence to real language in use
• includes activities throughout the text and an extensive glossary of terms

The book is supported by a companion website offering a wealth of additional resources including commentaries on the activities in the book, suggested further reading and references, links to useful websites, more texts to analyse, additional web activities, fun with language exercises, discussion questions and an additional Language in Education chapter.

This is an essential coursebook for all introductory courses in English language, communication and linguistics.

Visit the companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/merrison "

The Child Language Reader provides an introduction to the most important research in child language acquisition and development. Including extensive editorial introductions, which explain key background, assumptions and terminology, and organized into thematic sections, it brings the reader into direct contact with original research, in a supported and guided environment.
Features include:
*articles written by a range of international authors, including classics by influential figures
*coverage of a number of language development areas, including phonology, semantics, sociolinguistics, methodology and bilingualism
*a substantial section on methodology, offering practical insight into the design of child language research
*an appendix on statistical analysis
*a new piece by Brian Richards and David Malvern.
Covering a range of different theoretical stand points, The Child Language Reader offers a comprehensive overview of the field, and is a definitive resource for anyone with an interest in
child language.

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.

This clear and accessible textbook introduces the crucial concepts essential to your study of the semantics and pragmatics of English. Coverage is wide-ranging, taking you from word meaning to the level of discourse, and explaining how these topics are treated in contemporary linguistic research. Chapters cover adjective, noun and verb meanings, situation types, figurative language, tense, aspect, modality, quantification, topic and focus. Explanations of entailment, compositionality and scope provide a foundation for subsequent study of formal semantics. Supported by chapter summaries and with plenty of usage examples, exercises and discussion questions, you will not only gain a systematic overview of meaning in English but be equipped with the tools to argue for specific analyses as well.

Consumed with guilt after a horrible tragedy, LANDON WICKER is forced into a life where teenagers can lift city buses with their minds and people don't just see-but control-the world around them. Landon struggles to accept his new reality but finds solace in the company of hundreds of teenagers just like him when he's taken to a secret training facility for psychokinetics-the Gymnasium. But everything changes after a chance encounter with a mysterious girl. She propels Landon on a hunt for answers about the true nature of his abilities and his new home, and he soon uncovers some dark truths the Gymnasium would do anything to keep hidden. Will he discover the truth? What is hidden in the Restricted Tower? And who is Artemis? Landon must choose where his loyalties lie, while he comes to terms with his past-and his future.

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.

Contents:
Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors
SECTION 1: The social matrix of language development
Editors' Introduction to Section 1 1.1 Elena Lieven Conversations between mothers and young children: individual differences and their possible implication for the study of language learning 1.2 Jennifer Coates The acquisition of gender-differentiated language
SECTION 2: Methodology
Editors' Introduction to Section 2 2.1 Priscilla Alderson Ethical standards through the research process 2.2 Brian MacWhinney Introduction [to the CHILDES Project] 2.3 Brian Richards and David Malvern Investigating the validity of a new measure of lexical diversity for root and inflected forms
SECTION 3: Meanings
Editors' Introduction to Section 3 3.1 Margaret Harris, Caroline Yeeles, Joan Chasin and Yvonne Oakley Symmetries and asymmetries in early lexical comprehension and production 3.2 William Merriman and Colleen Stevenson Restricting a familiar name in response to learning a new one: evidence for the mutual exclusivity bias in young two-year-olds 3.3 Melissa Bowerman From universal to language-specific in early grammatical development
SECTION 4: Word and sentence structure
Editors' Introduction to Section 4 4.1 Lila Gleitman and Jane Gillette The role of syntax in verb learning 4.2 Deanne Swan How to build a lexicon: a case study of lexical errors and innovations
SECTION 5: Phonology
Editors' Introduction to Section 5 5.1 Carol Stoel-Gammon On the acquisition of velars 5.2 E. Jane Fee Syllable structure and minimal words
SECTION 6: Explanations of language development
Editors' Introduction to Section 6 6.1 Ann Peters Filler syllables: what is their status in emerging grammar? 6.2 Nina Hyams Underspecification and modularity in early syntax: a formalist perspective on language acquisition 6.3 Brian MacWhinney Emergent language
SECTION 7: Bilingualism and cross-cultural comparisons
Editors' Introduction to Section 6 7.1 Suzanne Romaine Bilingual language development 7.2 Alison Gopnik Theories, language and culture: Whorf without wincing
Appendix: About statistical analysis Bibliography Index