The Handbook of Linguistics

Copyright © 2003 Blackwell Publishers Ltd

The Handbook of Linguistics

Editor(s): Mark Aronoff, Janie Ress-Miller

Published Online: 21 JAN 2008

Print ISBN: 9780631204978

Online ISBN: 9780470756409

DOI: 10.1002/9780470756409

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Presupposing no prior knowledge of linguistics,The Handbook of Linguistics is the ideal resource for people who want to learn about the subject and its subdisciplines.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xvi)

    2. Chapter 1

      Origins of Language (pages 1–18)

      Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy

    3. Chapter 2

      Languages of the World (pages 19–42)

      Bernard Comrie

    4. Chapter 3

      Writing Systems (pages 43–80)

      Peter T. Daniels

    5. Chapter 4

      The History of Linguistics (pages 81–104)

      Lyle Campbell

    6. Chapter 5

      Historical Linguistics (pages 105–129)

      Brian D. Joseph

    7. Chapter 6

      Field Linguistics (pages 130–149)

      Pamela Munro

    8. Chapter 7

      Linguistic Phonetics (pages 150–179)

      John Laver

    9. Chapter 8

      Phonology (pages 180–212)

      Abigail Cohn

    10. Chapter 9

      Morphology (pages 213–237)

      Andrew Spencer

    11. Chapter 10

      The Lexicon (pages 238–264)

      D. A. Cruse

    12. Chapter 11

      Syntax (pages 265–294)

      Mark C. Baker

    13. Chapter 12

      Generative Grammar (pages 295–318)

      Thomas Wasow

    14. Chapter 13

      Functional Linguistics (pages 319–336)

      Robert D. Van Valin

    15. Chapter 14

      Typology (pages 337–368)

      William Croft

    16. Chapter 15

      An Introduction to Formal Semantics (pages 369–393)

      Shalom Lappin

    17. Chapter 16

      Pragmatics: Language and Communication (pages 394–424)

      Ruth Kempson

    18. Chapter 17

      Discourse Analysis (pages 428–445)

      Agnes Weiyun He

    19. Chapter 18

      Linguistics and Literature (pages 446–465)

      Nigel Fabb

    20. Chapter 19

      First Language Acquisition (pages 466–487)

      Brian MacWhinney

    21. Chapter 20

      Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition: One Person with Two Languages (pages 488–511)

      Vivian Cook

    22. Chapter 21

      Multilingualism (pages 512–532)

      Suzanne Romaine

    23. Chapter 22

      Natural Sign Languages (pages 533–562)

      Wendy Sandler and Diane Lillo-Martin

    24. Chapter 23

      Sociolinguistics (pages 563–581)

      Florian Coulmas

    25. Chapter 24

      Neurolinguistics (pages 582–607)

      David Caplan

    26. Chapter 25

      Computational Linguistics (pages 608–636)

      Richard Sproat, Christer Samuelsson, Jennifer Chu-Carroll and Bob Carpenter

    27. Chapter 26

      Applied Linguistics (pages 637–646)

      Janie Rees-Miller

    28. Chapter 27

      Educational Linguistics (pages 647–663)

      James Paul Gee

    29. Chapter 28

      Linguistics and Reading (pages 664–672)

      Rebecca Treiman

    30. Chapter 29

      Clinical Linguistics (pages 673–682)

      David Crystal

    31. Chapter 30

      Forensic Linguistics (pages 683–691)

      Roger W. Shuy

    32. Chapter 31

      Translation (pages 692–703)

      Christoph Gutknecht

    33. Chapter 32

      Language Planning (pages 704–713)

      Frank Anshen

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      Bibliography (pages 714–773)

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      Index (pages 774–824)

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