Louise Mullany is Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics in the School of English at the University of Nottingham, UK.Peter Stockwell is Professor of Literary Linguistics in the School of English at the University of Nottingham, UK.

"Written by two international experts, the second edition of this accessible book offers an engaging route into all aspects of the study of the English language. The topic coverage is wonderfully comprehensive, ranging from accents, world Englishes, and style, to literacy, language attitudes, and guidance on how to collect linguistic data. This up-dated edition is greatly enhanced by a new companion website with a range of additional material that will appeal to students and teachers alike. I am confident it will become an indispensable text for English Language courses internationally."Janet Holmes, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

• A. Introduction: Key Basic Concepts 1. Phonetics and phonology 2. Morphology and lexicology 3. Semantics and pragmatics 4. Grammatical parts 5. Text and discourse 6. Early language acquisition 7. Psycholinguistics 8. Origins of English 9. Sociolinguistics 10. World Englishes 11. Stylistics 12. Methodological paradigms 13. Language theoriesB. Development: Aspects of English 1. Consonants and vowels 2. Lexical semantics 3. Pragmatic principles 4. Syntax 5. Conversation 6. Literacy 7. Schemas and worlds 8. Standardisation and language change 9. Language attitudes 10. Codification 11. Stylistic analysis 12. Techniques and ethics 13. Language and thoughtC. Exploration: Investigating English Language 1. Performing accents 2. Word plays 3. Doing politeness 4. Syntactic effects 5. Texts in action 6. Learning to read 7. Exploring the mind 8. Corrections 9. Identify yourself 10. Influencing language 11. Exploring literature 12. Collecting data 13. Theory into practiceD. Extension: Linguistic Readings 1. Articulating masculinity (Kiesling) 2. The search for units of meaning (Sinclair) 3. The speech acts of the in-group (Cutting) 4. Prefabricated expressions in spoken language (Cheshire) 5. Advertising discourse (Cook) 6. Socialisation and grammatical development (Ochs and Schieffelin) 7. Promoting perception (Field) 8. Lexical change (Smith) 9. Social relationships and social practices (Milroy and Gordon) 10. The development of World Englishes (Kirkpatrick) 11. Speech and thought as point of view (Simpson) 12. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research (Dornyei) 13. Researching ‘real’ language (Carter and Sealey)

Louise Mullany is Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics in the School of English at the University of Nottingham, UK.Peter Stockwell is Professor of Literary Linguistics in the School of English at the University of Nottingham, UK.

"Written by two international experts, the second edition of this accessible book offers an engaging route into all aspects of the study of the English language. The topic coverage is wonderfully comprehensive, ranging from accents, world Englishes, and style, to literacy, language attitudes, and guidance on how to collect linguistic data. This up-dated edition is greatly enhanced by a new companion website with a range of additional material that will appeal to students and teachers alike. I am confident it will become an indispensable text for English Language courses internationally."Janet Holmes, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

• A. Introduction: Key Basic Concepts 1. Phonetics and phonology 2. Morphology and lexicology 3. Semantics and pragmatics 4. Grammatical parts 5. Text and discourse 6. Early language acquisition 7. Psycholinguistics 8. Origins of English 9. Sociolinguistics 10. World Englishes 11. Stylistics 12. Methodological paradigms 13. Language theoriesB. Development: Aspects of English 1. Consonants and vowels 2. Lexical semantics 3. Pragmatic principles 4. Syntax 5. Conversation 6. Literacy 7. Schemas and worlds 8. Standardisation and language change 9. Language attitudes 10. Codification 11. Stylistic analysis 12. Techniques and ethics 13. Language and thoughtC. Exploration: Investigating English Language 1. Performing accents 2. Word plays 3. Doing politeness 4. Syntactic effects 5. Texts in action 6. Learning to read 7. Exploring the mind 8. Corrections 9. Identify yourself 10. Influencing language 11. Exploring literature 12. Collecting data 13. Theory into practiceD. Extension: Linguistic Readings 1. Articulating masculinity (Kiesling) 2. The search for units of meaning (Sinclair) 3. The speech acts of the in-group (Cutting) 4. Prefabricated expressions in spoken language (Cheshire) 5. Advertising discourse (Cook) 6. Socialisation and grammatical development (Ochs and Schieffelin) 7. Promoting perception (Field) 8. Lexical change (Smith) 9. Social relationships and social practices (Milroy and Gordon) 10. The development of World Englishes (Kirkpatrick) 11. Speech and thought as point of view (Simpson) 12. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research (Dornyei) 13. Researching ‘real’ language (Carter and Sealey)