The fully updated second edition of this critical work includes a new introduction, a wide range of new entries and added specialised further reading for lecturers and more advanced students.
Assuming no prior knowledge the text offers a clear introduction to the traditional topics of structural linguistics (theories of sound, form, meaning, and language change), and in addition provides full coverage of contextual linguistics, ...
Macri M.J., Looper M.G. The new catalog of Maya hieroglyphs. Norman: University of Oklahoma ... Marcus J. The first appearance of Zapotec writing and calendrics. ... Whorf B.L. The phonetic value of certain characters in Maya writing.
A 1981 introduction to linguistics and the study of language, for beginning students and readers with no previous knowledge or training in the subject.
Pedagogical features: This text is designed for a range of courses in English and language arts, bilingualism, applied linguistics, and ESL courses in teacher education programs.
This book is written specifically to help undergraduate students of English language and linguistics develop the art of writing essays, projects and reports.
This book takes a critical look at the role of language in an increasingly diversified and globalised world, using the new framework of 'sociolinguistics of globalisation' to draw together research from human geography, sociolinguistics, ...
The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics
This Second Revised Edition is corrected, updated and expanded. Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics is clearly presented and organized after having been tested in several courses in various countries.
This state-of-the-art volume presents the most recent research in Arabic linguistics from a theoretical point of view, including computational linguistics, syntax, semantics, and historical linguistics.
The goal of the editors of this collection of fourteen chapters, written by leading experts on the language varieties discussed, is to offer students detailed insight into the languages they speak or hear around them, grounded in ...