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Materials for an introduction to Language and Linguistics
Tenth Edition
The Ohio State University Department of Linguistics
“An imaginatively compiled package of stimulating . . . material aimed
at the non-major. It will be appreciated most in a course where the primary
aim is to kindle an interest in, and create an awareness of, a wide range
of language phenomena.” —Innovations in Linguistic Education
“An excellent introduction for students in language and linguistics,
this volume covers all aspects of the field, devoting instructive pages
to pragmatics, psycholinguistics or languages in wider context (sign language,
writing systems, use of computers, etc.) besides the usual phonetics, phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics, language variation and historical linguistics.”
—The Journal of Indo-European Studies
New in the 10th edition:
- This edition has been significantly expanded and includes more than 25%
new material.
- Each chapter has been restructured to begin with a brief overview of the topic, including a comic that provides insight into the linguistic subfield covered in the chapter. Each chapter now also ends with a separate file containing practice exercises, discussion questions, and activities relevant to the chapter. Some chapters also contain recommended further readings following the exercises.
- The discussion of signed languages has been expanded and incorporated throughout the text, such that examples of various linguistic phenomena (e.g., phonetic descriptions, phonological patterns, morphological structure, language variation and change, etc.) in signed languages are presented as they become relevant.
- Several chapters have been updated in terms of their content, to incorporate more recent investigations and findings in linguistic research. These include the chapter on language variation, which now focuses solely on variability at different levels of linguistic structure and the causes of such variability (both regional and social), and a new chapter on language and culture, which includes other issues of sociolinguistic interest such as language and identity or language and power.
- A new chapter has been added to help answer the common question of what one can do with a degree in linguistics. This chapter provides overviews of six practical ways that a linguistics education can be applied: language education, speech-language pathology and audiology, law, advertising, code-breaking, and the further study of linguistics.
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