The handbook of linguistics / edited by Mark Aronoff and Janie Rees-Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aronoff, Mark.

Rees-Miller, Janie.

Series:

Blackwell handbooks in linguistics.

Blackwell handbooks in linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Linguistics.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (842 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presupposing no prior knowledge of linguistics, The Handbook of Linguistics is the ideal resource for people who want to learn about the subject and its subdisciplines.

Contents:

The Handbook of Linguistics; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Origins of Language; 2 Languages of the World; 3 Writing Systems; 4 The History of Linguistics; 5 Historical Linguistics; 6 Field Linguistics; 7 Linguistic Phonetics; 8 Phonology; 9 Morphology; 10 The Lexicon; 11 Syntax; 12 Generative Grammar; 13 Functional Linguistics; 14 Typology; 15 An Introduction to Formal Semantics; 16 Pragmatics: Language and Communication; 17 Discourse Analysis; 18 Linguistics and Literature; 19 First Language Acquisition

20 Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition: One Person with Two Languages21 Multilingualism; 22 Natural Sign Languages; 23 Sociolinguistics; 24 Neurolinguistics; 25 Computational Linguistics; 26 Applied Linguistics; 27 Educational Linguistics; 28 Linguistics and Reading; 29 Clinical Linguistics; 30 Forensic Linguistics; 31 Translation; 32 Language Planning; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611320706

9781405166218

1405166215

9781780342481

1780342489

9781281320704

1281320706

9780470756409

0470756403

9780470756348

0470756349

OCLC:

476172729