Introducing Linguistics

Jonathan Culpeper is Professor of English Language and Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK. Beth Malory is Lecturer in English Linguistics at University College London, UK, and Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK.Claire Nance is Senior Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK.Daniel Van Olmen is Senior Lecturer in Linguistic Typology and Language Change in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK.Dimitrinka Atanasova is Lecturer in Intercultural Communication in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK. Sam Kirkham is Senior Lecturer in Phonetics in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK.Aina Casaponsa is Lecturer in Language, Cognition and Neuroscience in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK.

'This textbook reflects well the diversity of experience of a first-year undergraduate in linguistics. Each chapter has a different author and reflects a different teaching style: some start with a definition, but one takes us through the illness of a hypothetical patient called 'Charlie', and two offer a Q&A conversation with a hypothetical eager student. The chapters cover all the standard topics likely to be on a first-year syllabus, including significant coverage of research methods and possible real-world applications. The subject matter is well rooted in relevant research, and a linked website is promised.'Richard Hudson, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, UCL'Introducing Linguistics is an impressively comprehensive guide to how language works. It uses exciting examples from across the full range of human languages around the world, spoken as well as signed, and combines these with crystal-clear, readable explanations. The volume is meticulous in covering state-of-the-art ideas from all domains of the field – structure, cognition, social use, applications, methodology, and theoretical debates. This exceptionally wide coverage allows students to discover the full breadth and unique capacities of human language.'Devyani Sharma, Professor of Sociolinguistics, Queen Mary University of London

• Table of ContentsPreface by Jonathan CulpeperSection one: Languages structuresChapter 1 PhoneticsSam Kirkham and Claire NanceChapter 2 PhonologyClaire Nance and Sam KirkhamChapter 3 MorphologyDaniel Van OlmenChapter 4 SyntaxDaniel Van OlmenChapter 5 SemanticsChristopher Hart and Vittorio TantucciChapter 6 PragmaticsJonathan Culpeper and Claire Hardaker Section two: Mind and societyChapter 7 SociolinguisticsBeth Malory and Karin TustingChapter 8 Historical linguisticsBeth MaloryChapter 9 Language acquisitionSilke Brandt and Patrick RebuschatChapter 10 Studying discourseBeth MaloryChapter 11 Bilingualism and multilingualismClaire Nance and Aina CasaponsaChapter 12 Communication and cultureDimitrinka AtanasovaSection three: ApplicationsChapter 13 Forensic linguistics and forensic phoneticsGeorgina Brown and Claire Hardaker Chapter 14 Health communicationElena SeminoChapter 15 Language in the curriculumOksana Afitska and John CleggChapter 16 Critical Discourse AnalysisChristopher HartChapter 17 Language in the workplaceVeronika KollerChapter 18 Computational linguisticsGeorgina BrownSection four: MethodsChapter 19 Research ethics in (applied) linguisticsUta Papen, Emily Peach, Aina Casaponsa, and Dimitrinka AtanasovaChapter 20 Experimental methodsPatrick Rebuschat and Aina CasaponsaChapter 21 Corpus methodsTony McEnery and Andrew Hardie Chapter 22 Field methodsUta Papen and Claire NanceChapter 23 Surveys, questionnaires, interviews and focus groupsKarin TustingChapter 24 Statistics and data visualisationVaclav Brezina and Aina CasaponsaSection five: IssuesChapter 25 Generative vs. usage-based approaches to languageWillem B. HollmannChapter 26 Linguistic theories of grammarWillem B. Hollmann and Vittorio TantucciChapter 27 Linguistic relativity Panos AthanasopoulosChapter 28 Linguistic diversityClaire NanceChapter 29 Evolutionary linguisticsChristopher HartChapter 30 Animal communicationJennifer HughesIndex