Linguistics Encyclopedia
Linguistics Encyclopedia

Author: Kirsten Malmkjaer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-01-08

Total Pages: 696

ISBN-13: 1134596995

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The Linguistics Encyclopedia has been thoroughly revised and updated and a substantial new introduction, which forms a concise history of the field, has been added. The volume offers comprehensive coverage of the major and subsidiary fields of linguistic study. Entries are alphabetically arranged and extensively cross-referenced, and include suggestions for further reading. New entries include: Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Linguistics; Contrastive Linguistics; Cross-Linguistic Study; Forensic Linguistics; Stratificational Linguistics. Recommissioned or substantially revised entries include: Bilingualism and Multilingualism; Discourse; Genre Analysis; Psycholinguistics; Language acquisition; Morphology; Articulatory Phonetics; Grammatical Models and Theories; Stylistics; Sociolinguistics; Critical Discourse Analysis. For anyone with an academic or professional interest in language, The Linguistics Encyclopedia is an indispensable reference tool.

Papers in the History of Linguistics
Papers in the History of Linguistics

Author: Hans Aarsleff

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 710

ISBN-13: 9027245215

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This volume presents a selection of slightly revised versions of papers from the third International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS III), Princeton, 1984. The papers are organized under the following headings: I Generalia; II Classical Period; III Medieval Period; IV Renaissance; V 17th Century; VI 18th Century; VII 19th Century, and VIII 20th Century.Contributors include W. Keith Percival, Aron Dotan, Michael G. Carter, Kees Versteegh, Brian O Cuiv, Francis P. Dinneen, Manuel Breva-Claramonte, Douglas A. Kibbee, Joseph L. Subbiondo, Rudiger Schreyer, Marc Wilmet, Robert H. Robins, Jean Rousseau, Ramon Sarmiento, Edward Stankiewicz, Irmengard Rauch, Talbot J. Taylor, Julie Andresen, and many others.

Language and Literacy in Social Practice
Language and Literacy in Social Practice

Author: Open University

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781853592157

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Compiled for use in the Open University MA course E825. The 15 articles sample the ideas over the past decade on the importance of social factors in language and literacy development. They include theoretical and ethnographic accounts, cross-cultural and historical perspectives, and explorations of the political aspects and the discourses within which language and literacy are discussed. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR