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Record Nr.

UNISA996218615403316

Titolo

The handbook of linguistics [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mark Aronoff and Janie Rees-Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Publishers, c2003

ISBN

1-4051-6621-5

1-78034-248-9

1-281-32070-6

9786611320706

0-470-75640-3

0-470-75634-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (842 p.)

Collana

Blackwell handbooks in linguistics

Altri autori (Persone)

AronoffMark

Rees-MillerJanie

Disciplina

410

Soggetti

Linguistics

Language and languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

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.