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For the Love of Language

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For the Love of Language

For the Love of Language

An Introduction to Linguistics
2nd Edition
Kate Burridge, Monash University, Victoria
Tonya N. Stebbins, La Trobe University, Victoria
November 2019
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9781108701013

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    For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics is an engaging introduction to human language and the role of linguistics in understanding its fundamental design, acquisition and functions. Replete with case studies and examples from Australia, New Zealand and around the world, this text offers a thorough introduction to core topics, including the structure and meaning of words, the systems that organise language, strategies for learning about language, the evolution of language and the function of language as a complex social resource. The second edition includes extensive new content across the entire text, including the areas of orthography, syntax, corpus linguistics, language acquisition and multilingualism. Each topic is accompanied by a wide array of pedagogical resources designed to consolidate student understanding, including examples and exercises. Each chapter ends with a research project, providing readers with an opportunity to build on fundamental skills and engage more thoroughly with each topic.

    • Contains comprehensive coverage of introductory linguistics topics, making it suitable for semester-long, or year-long linguistics subjects
    • A companion website includes additional questions and research projects, answer guides, links to online resources, revision tools and extension materials; instructor materials include PowerPoint slides and quizzes
    • Written by authors with extensive academic experience in the field of linguistics

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    November 2019
    Paperback
    9781108701013
    680 pages
    255 × 190 × 27 mm
    1.33kg
    107 b/w illus. 103 tables
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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • Part I. 'Using Language to Expose Language': Setting the Scene:
    • 1. What is language?
    • 2. What linguists do
    • 3. Ways to study language
    • Part II. 'In the Beginning Was the Word': Words, Word Structure, and Meaning:
    • 4. What's in a word?
    • 5. Morphology: the structure of words
    • 6. Semantics: the meaning of words
    • Part III. 'The Deep Grooves of Language': Sounds and Grammar:
    • 7. Phonetics
    • 8. Phonology: the sound system
    • 9. Syntax: the structure of sentences
    • Part IV. 'Language Is a Social Fact': Variation and Change:
    • 10. Variation and identity
    • 11. Structure across time
    • 12. Languages and cultures in contact
    • Part V. 'Language That Rolls up its Sleeves': Language at Work:
    • 13. Language, text and interaction
    • 14. Language, context and understanding
    • 15. Language and social values
    • Part VI. 'Language Is the Dress of Thought': Language, Mind and World:
    • 16. Language, the mind and the brain
    • 17. Language acquisition
    • 18. Computational linguistics.
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    • Kate Burridge , Monash University, Victoria

      Kate Burridge is Professor of Linguistics in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University, Victoria, and a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Her main areas of research are grammatical change in Germanic languages, the Pennsylvania German spoken by Amish/Mennonite communities in North America, the notion of linguistic taboo, popular perceptions about language, and the structure and history of English. She is a regular presenter of language segments on radio and TV.

    • Tonya N. Stebbins , La Trobe University, Victoria

      Tonya N. Stebbins is Professor of Linguistics at La Trobe University, Victoria. Her contributions to the field include innovative partnerships with communities who speak minority and endangered languages, and ensuring that communities have access to resources that support language revitalisation. Stebbins is an experienced consultant who has completed projects across the health, human services and education sectors. Projects include program evaluation, organisational development, program review, and qualitative research on topics such as family violence, child protection, alcohol and other drugs (AOD) interventions, homelessness and financial capability.

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