For the Love of Language

An Introduction to Linguistics

Kate Burridge, Tonya N. Stebbins

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9781108701013
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9781108755245
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics is an engaging introduction to human language and the role of linguistics in understanding its fundamental design, acquisition and functions. Replete with case studies and examples from Australia, New Zealand and around the world, this text offers a thorough introduction to core topics, including the structure and meaning of words, the systems that organise language, strategies for learning about language, the evolution of language and the function of language as a complex social resource. The second edition includes extensive new content across the entire text, including the areas of orthography, syntax, corpus linguistics, language acquisition and multilingualism. Each topic is accompanied by a wide array of pedagogical resources designed to consolidate student understanding, including examples and exercises. Each chapter ends with a research project, providing readers with an opportunity to build on fundamental skills and engage more thoroughly with each topic.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Preface
• About the authors
• Symbols used in this book
• Acknowledgements
• Using the online student resources
• Using the online instructor resources
• Part 1 ‘Using language to expose language’: Setting the scene
• Part 2 ‘In the beginning was the word’: Words, word structure and meaning
• Part 3 ‘The deep grooves of language’: Sounds and grammar
• Part 4 ‘Language is a social fact’: Variation and change
• Part 5 ‘Language that rolls up its sleeves’: Language at work
• Part 6 ‘Language is the dress of thought’: Language, mind and world
• References
• Index