The Handbook of Linguistics

by Aronoff, Mark; Rees-Miller, Janie

• ISBN13: 9781405102520
• ISBN10: 1405102527
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-24
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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. Written by globally recognized leading figures, this Handbook provides a comprehensive and accessible account of the field of linguistics. It begins with a general overview that considers the origins of language, frames the discipline within its historical context, and looks at how linguists acquire new data. It then turns to the traditional subdisciplines of linguistics. This authoritative volume provides a broad yet detailed picture of what is known about language today.

Author Biography

Mark Aronoff is Professor of Linguistics and Associate Provost at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is the author of several books and numerous technical articles on linguistic morphology. Since 1995, he has served as Editor of Language, the journal of the Linguistic Society of America.

Janie Rees-Miller is Chair of the Modern Languages Department and Director of the English as a Second Language Program at Marietta College, Ohio. She has taught English as a second or foreign language for twenty years in the Middle East, England, and the United States. Her research interests include applied linguistics, second language acquisition and pedagogy, and language contact between Native American languages and English.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Origins of Language	p. 1
Languages of the World	p. 19
Writing Systems	p. 43
The History of Linguistics	p. 81
Historical Linguistics	p. 105
Field Linguistics	p. 130
Linguistic Phonetics	p. 150
Phonology	p. 180
Morphology	p. 213
The Lexicon	p. 238
Syntax	p. 265
Generative Grammar	p. 295
Functional Linguistics	p. 319
Typology	p. 337
An Introduction to Formal Semantics	p. 369
Pragmatics: Language and Communication	p. 394
Discourse Analysis	p. 428
Linguistics and Literature	p. 446
First Language Acquisition	p. 466
Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition: One Person with Two Languages	p. 488
Multilingualism	p. 512
Natural Sign Languages	p. 533
Sociolinguistics	p. 563
Neurolinguistics	p. 582
Computational Linguistics	p. 608
Applied Linguistics	p. 637
Educational Linguistics	p. 647
Linguistics and Reading	p. 664
Clinical Linguistics	p. 673
Forensic Linguistics	p. 683
Translation	p. 692
Language Planning	p. 704
Bibliography	p. 714
Index	p. 774
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