For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics

Name: For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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By (author): Kate Burridge Tonya N. Stebbins

Language is essential to human life, both as a basic social necessity and also as a powerful and complex social resource. For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics offers a comprehensive introduction to the workings of language and the role of linguistics in investigating its fundamental design. This thorough and engaging investigation into language and linguistics covers topics including: * strategies for learning about how language works * using linguistics to address real-world problems * the structure and meaning of words * the systems that organise language * changes to language over time * how language is used in written and spoken communication * the links between language, the mind and the world. Written by authors with extensive academic experience in the field of linguistics and including examples from Australia, New Zealand and around the world to engage the reader, For the Love of Language is a lively yet comprehensive resource for undergraduate students in foundation linguistics. See more

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Format: Paperback
Weight: 1260g
Dimensions: 211 x 281mm
Publication Date: 16 Oct 2015
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781107618831

About Kate BurridgeTonya N. Stebbins

Kate Burridge is Professor of Linguistics in the School of Languages Cultures and Linguistics Monash University and a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Her main areas of research are: grammatical change in Germanic languages the Pennsylvania German spoken by Amish/Mennonite communities in North America the notion of linguistic taboo and the structure and history of English. She is a regular presenter of language segments on radio and has appeared as a panelist on ABC TV''''s ''''Can We Help?''''. Tonya N. Stebbins has had a distinguished academic career as a lecturer researcher and administrator. Among the subjects Dr Stebbins has taught for many years at the tertiary level are English grammar and subjects on the sociology of language and on bilingualism and language acquisition. Her online grammar learning tool Grammarpedia (www.languagetools.info/grammarpedia) was developed to support a blended learning approach to English grammar and has been used in tertiary courses on English grammar since 2008. Between 2010 and 2012 Dr Stebbins led the Centre for Research on Language Diversity (CRLD) at La Trobe University. CRLD formerly known as the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology is one of Australia''''s leading institutes for grammatical research and language documentation for little known minority languages. In March 2012 Dr Stebbins commenced a 12-month leave of absence from La Trobe University to establish Languagewise a consultancy specialising in innovative strategies for language development and to make a more direct contribution to the support of language development and language diversity in the community.