The educator's guide to linguistics

This book provides an accessible and reader-friendly overview of linguistic research. The meaning of complex linguistic concepts is illuminated with the help of engaging stories, analogies, and graphics. The book brings theoretical discussion to life by citing familiar bits of language such as names...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Gordon, Tatiana (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012.
Subjects
Linguistics > Study and teaching > Textbooks.
Language and languages > Study and teaching > Textbooks.
Education > Teaching > Subjects > Language Arts.
Teaching of a specific subject.
Teaching of reading, writing and numeracy.
Educational: Language, literature and literacy.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806614820
DOI10.1108/978-1-61735-882-1
Physical Description1 online resource (x, 177 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. The uniqueness of language
  • Chapter 2. Speech sounds
  • Chapter 3. Grammar
  • Chapter 4. Semantics
  • Chapter 5. Pragmatics
  • Chapter 6. Neurolinguistics
  • Chapter 7. First-language acquisition
  • Chapter 8. Second-language acquisition
  • Chapter 9. Language variation
  • Chapter 10. Language planning
  • Chapter 11. Language change
  • About the author.

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