The Linguistics Encyclopedia

• Author(s): Kirsten Malmkjær,
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Pages: 643
• ISBN_10: 0415222109
  ISBN_13: 9780415222105
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language , Language Arts & Disciplines / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Reference / General , Reference / Encyclopedias ,

Description:... The Linguistics Encyclopediahas 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 Encyclopediais an indispensable reference tool.