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The second edition of this hugely successful textbook provides comprehensive coverage of a wide range of topics in theoretical and applied linguistics. Written by leading academics in the field, this text offers a firm grounding in linguistics and includes engaging insights into current research.

It covers all the key areas of linguistic analysis, including phonetics, morphology, semantics and pragmatics, and core domains of study, comprising the history of the English language, regional and social variation, style and communication and interaction. Fresh material on research methods outlines key areas for consideration when carrying out a research project, and provides students with the framework they need to investigate linguistic phenomena for themselves.

This is an invaluable resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students on English Language and Linguistics degree programmes.

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INTRODUCTION.- 1. Studying the English language.- ENGLISH: STRUCTURE.- 2. Phonetics.- 3. Phonology.- 4. Morphology: word structure.- 5. Grammar: words (and phrases).- 6. Grammar: phrases (and clauses).- 7. Grammar: clauses (and sentences).- 8. Text linguistics.- 9. Semantics.- 10. Pragmatics.- ENGLISH: HISTORY.- 11. Standard English and standardization.- 12. Spelling.- 13. Phonological change.- 14. Lexical change.- 15. Semantic change.- 16. Grammatical change.- ENGLISH SPEECH: REGIONAL AND SOCIAL VARIATION.- 17. Regional variation in English accents and dialects.- 18. Language and social class.- 19. Language and ethnicity.- 20. Pidgins and creole Englishes.- 21. American English.- 22. World Englishes and English as a lingua franca.- 23. Language discourses: attitudes to diversity.- ENGLISH WRITING: STYLE, GENRE AND PRACTICE.- 24. Speech, writing and discourse type.- 25. Language in newspapers.- 26. Language in advertisements.- 27. Language in literature: stylistics.- 28. Literary practices.- 29. New technologies: literacies in cyberspace.- ENGLISH: COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION.- 30. Structures of conversation.- 31. Language, reality and power.- 32. Politeness in interaction.- 33. Gender and language.- 34. Language and sexuality.- 35. Bad language.- 36. Language and politics.- 37. Business communication.- ENGLISH: LEARNING AND TEACHING.- 38. First language acquisition.- 39. Second language acquisition.- 40. Languages and literacies in education.- 41. TEFL, TESOL and linguistics.- ENGLISH INVESTIGATING.- 42. Methods for researching English.- 43. The corpus method and English.- CONCLUSION.- 44. The English language: reflections.

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