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Blackwell Publishing
02 January 2020
"""The first edition of this Handbook is built on surveys by well-known figures from around the world and around the intellectual world, reflecting several different theoretical predilections, balancing coverage of enduring questions and important recent work. Those strengths are now enhanced by adding new chapters and thoroughly revising almost all other chapters, partly to reflect ways in which the field has changed in the intervening twenty years, in some places radically. The result is a magnificent volume that can be used for many purposes."" David W. Lightfoot, Georgetown University

""The Handbook of Linguistics, Second Edition is a stupendous achievement. Aronoff and Rees-Miller have provided overviews of 29 subfields of linguistics, each written by one of the leading researchers in that subfield and each impressively crafted in both style and content. I know of no finer resource for anyone who would wish to be better informed on recent developments in linguistics."" Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University

""Linguists, their students, colleagues, family, and friends: anyone interested in the latest findings from a wide array of linguistic subfields will welcome this second updated and expanded edition of The Handbook of Linguistics. Leading scholars provide highly accessible yet substantive introductions to their fields: it's an even more valuable resource than its predecessor."" Sally McConnell-Ginet, Cornell University

""No handbook or text offers a more comprehensive, contemporary overview of the field of linguistics in the twenty-first century. New and thoroughly updated chapters by prominent scholars on each topic and subfield make this a unique, landmark publication.""Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State University

This second edition of The Handbook of Linguistics provides an updated and timely overview of the field of linguistics. The editor's broad definition of the field ensures that the book may be read by those seeking a comprehensive introduction to the subject, but with little or no prior knowledge of the area.

Building on the popular first edition, The Handbook of Linguistics, Second Edition features new and revised content reflecting advances within the discipline. New chapters expand the already broad coverage of the Handbook to address and take account of key changes within the field in the intervening years. It explores: psycholinguistics, linguistic anthropology and ethnolinguistics, sociolinguistic theory, language variation and second language pedagogy. With contributions from a global team of leading linguists, this comprehensive and accessible volume is the ideal resource for those engaged in study and work within the dynamic field of linguistics."

Edited by:   , , ,
Imprint:   Blackwell Publishing
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   2nd Edition
Dimensions:   Height: 244mm,  Width: 170mm,  Spine: 38mm
Weight:   1.243kg
ISBN:   9781119302070
ISBN 10:   1119302072
Series:   Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
Pages:   712
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
List of Contributors ix Preface to the Second Edition xi Preface to the First Edition xiii List of Abbreviations xvii Part I Starting Points 1 1. Origins of Language 3 Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy 2. Languages of the World 21 Bernard Comrie 3. Typology and Universals 39 William Croft 4. Field Linguistics: Gathering Language Data from Native Speakers 57 Pamela Munro 5. Writing Systems 75 Peter T. Daniels Part II Theoretical Bases 95 6. The History of Linguistics: Approaches to Linguistics 97 Lyle Campbell 7. Generative Grammar: Rule Systems for Describing Sentence Structure 119 Thomas Wasow 8. Functional Linguistics: Communicative Functions and Language Structure 141 Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. Part III Core Fields 159 9. Linguistic Phonetics: The Sounds of Languages 161 John Laver 10. Phonology: Sound Structure 185 Abigail C. Cohn 11. Morphology 211 Andrew Spencer 12. The Lexicon 235 D. A. Cruse 13. Syntax 255 Mark C. Baker 14. Formal Semantics 279 Shalom Lappin 15. Historical Linguistics: Language Change Over Time 299 Brian D. Joseph Part IV Languages and the Mind 321 16. Neurolinguistics 323 David Caplan 17. Psycholinguistics 345 Kiel Christianson 18. Sign Languages 371 Wendy Sandler and Diane Lillo-Martin 19. First Language Acquisition 397 Brian MacWhinney Part V Languages in Use 415 20. Pragmatics: Language and Communication 417 Ruth Kempson 21. Discourse Analysis 445 Agnes Weiyun He 22. Linguistics and Literature 463 Nigel Fabb 23. Linguistic Anthropology and Ethnolinguistics 479 Steven P. Black and Elizabeth A. Falconi 24. Sociolinguistic Theory: Systematic Study of the Social Uses of Language 505 J. K. Chambers 25. Language Variation: Sociolinguistic Variationist Analysis 519 Kirk Hazen 26. Multilingualism 541 Suzanne Romaine 27. Second Language Acquisition: One Person with Two Languages 557 Vivian Cook Part VI Applications of Linguistics 583 28. Second Language Pedagogy: Where Theory Meets Practice 585 Janie Rees-Miller 29. Educational Linguistics 603 James Paul Gee 30. Linguistics and Reading 617 Rebecca Treiman 31. Language and Law 627 Roger W. Shuy 32. Translation 645 Christoph Gutknecht 33. Language Planning and Policy 655 Kathryn D. Stemper and Kendall A. King Index 675

Mark Aronoff is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA. His research touches on almost all aspects of morphology and its relation to other aspects of language. He is a member of a team studying a newly-created sign language, Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language, and he has served as Editor of Language, the Journal of the Linguistic Society of America, and as President of the Society. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Janie Rees-Miller is professor emerita of Modern Languages at Marietta College, USA. Before retirement, she held the William R. and Marie Adamson Flesher Chair in the Humanities. She established the ESL Program at Marietta College, USA and served as its director for over 20 years. She also taught linguistics courses for undergraduates and acted as an editor with Mark Aronoff of Contemporary Linguistics (2017), now in its seventh edition. Her research interests include second language pedagogy, pragmatics, Native American languages, and making linguistics accessible to non-linguists.

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