Kirk Hazen is Professor of Linguistics at West Virginia University. He is co-editor of Research Methods in Sociolinguistics (with Janet Holmes, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013).

• Companion Website xivAcknowledgments xvNote to Instructors xviiPreface: About the Book xix1 Introduction 12 Sounds 313 Patterns of Sounds 734 Simple Words in the Lexicon 1095 Idioms, Slang, and the English Lexicon 1476 Words Made of Many Parts 1777 Putting Pieces Together 2178 Building Bigger Phrases 2499 From Phrases to Meaning 29510 The Winding Paths of Language in Education 32711 The Life Cycles of Language 361Glossary 395Index 421

Kirk Hazen is Professor of Linguistics at West Virginia University. He is co-editor of Research Methods in Sociolinguistics (with Janet Holmes, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013).

• Companion Website xivAcknowledgments xvNote to Instructors xviiPreface: About the Book xix1 Introduction 12 Sounds 313 Patterns of Sounds 734 Simple Words in the Lexicon 1095 Idioms, Slang, and the English Lexicon 1476 Words Made of Many Parts 1777 Putting Pieces Together 2178 Building Bigger Phrases 2499 From Phrases to Meaning 29510 The Winding Paths of Language in Education 32711 The Life Cycles of Language 361Glossary 395Index 421

Kirk Hazen is Professor of Linguistics at West Virginia University. He is co-editor of Research Methods in Sociolinguistics (with Janet Holmes, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013).

• Companion Website xivAcknowledgments xvNote to Instructors xviiPreface: About the Book xix1 Introduction 12 Sounds 313 Patterns of Sounds 734 Simple Words in the Lexicon 1095 Idioms, Slang, and the English Lexicon 1476 Words Made of Many Parts 1777 Putting Pieces Together 2178 Building Bigger Phrases 2499 From Phrases to Meaning 29510 The Winding Paths of Language in Education 32711 The Life Cycles of Language 361Glossary 395Index 421