The Linguistics Student's Handbook
2nd Edition
Published on 16. February 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
424 pages
978-1-4744-7409-2 (ISBN)
Description
Laurie Bauer has expertly crafted a compendium of essential things for linguistics students to know - from the IPA chart to the Saussurean dichotomies, this book will be the constant companion of anyone undertaking studies of linguistics. Part reference work, part revision guide, and with tables providing summary information on some 300 languages, the book provides a new learning tool as a supplement to your usual textbooks.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
14 black and white illustrations, 12 black and white tables
Dimensions
Height: 170 mm
Width: 243 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-7409-2 (9781474474092)
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Additional editions
Laurie Bauer
Linguistics Student's Handbook
E-Book
02/2021
1st Edition
Edinburgh University Press
€28.49
Available for download
Laurie Bauer
Linguistics Student's Handbook
E-Book
02/2021
1st Edition
Edinburgh University Press
€28.49
Available for download
Person
Laurie Bauer is Professor of Linguistics at the Victoria University of Wellington. He is on the editorial board of the journal Word Structure.
Content
Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Abbreviations and conventions used in the textPart I: Some fundamentals of linguistics1: Language2: Accent, dialect, variety3: Linguistics4: Grammar5: Parts of speech6: Rules7: The Neogrammarians8: The Saussurean dichotomies9: Chomsky's influence10: Some recurrent themes11: Form and function12: Contrast and substitution13: Binarity14: Trees15: State versus process16: Native speaker17: The data of linguisticsPart II: Notation and terminology18: Notational conventions19: Frequent abbreviations and initialisms20: Terminology: ambiguity21: Terminology: synonymyPart III: Reading linguistics22: The International Phonetic Association23: Reading phonetics and phonology24: Foreign expressions25: Letters, accents and diacritics26: Laws and principles27: Statistics28: Some on-line resources for linguists29: Writing systems30: Figures of speechPart IV: Writing and presenting linguistics31: Essay writing32: Glosses33: Use versus mention34: Reification35: SpellingPart V: Bibliographies36: Citation etiquette37: Reference listsPart VI: Language fileLanguage fileIndex