Introduction to English Linguistics

Introduction to English Linguistics
ISBN-10
3110425548
ISBN-13
9783110425543
Series
Introduction to English Linguistics
Category
Language Arts & Disciplines
Pages
302
Language
English
Published
2015-05-19
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Authors
Ingo Plag, Maria Braun, Sabine Arndt-Lappe

Description

This highly successful textbook introduces university students to English linguistics, with a hands-on didactic orientation. It covers the core areas of structural linguistics, with extensions to historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics. The updated third edition contains a new chapter that presents modern empirical research methods in the form of exemplary small-scale studies.

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