Allan K. (ed.). The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics

London, New York: Routledge, 2015. — 608 p. — ISBN: 0415832578Offers a comprehensive introduction and reference point to the discipline of linguistics. This wide-ranging survey of the field brings together a range of perspectives, covering all the key areas of linguistics and drawing on interdisciplinary research in subjects such as anthropology, psychology and sociology.The 36 chapters, written by specialists from around the world, provide:
an overview of each topic;
an introduction to current hypotheses and issues;
future trajectories;
suggestions for further reading.With extensive coverage of both theoretical and applied linguistic topics, is an indispensable resource for students and researchers working in this area.List of figures
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Evolutionary linguistics: how Language and languages got to be the way they are
Gesture and sign: utterance uses of visible bodily action
Writing systems: methods for recording language
Phonetics: the sounds humans make when speaking
Phonology
Morphology: the structure of words
Syntax: putting words together
Syntax as the dynamics of language understanding
Semantics: the meaning of words and sentences
Lexical semantics today
Lexicography: the construction of dictionaries and thesauruses
Pragmatics: language use in context
The linguistics of politeness and social relations
Narrative and narrative structure
Anthropological linguistics and fi eld linguistics
Sociolinguistics: language in social environments
Psycholinguistics: language and cognition
Neurolinguistics: mind, brain, and language
First language acquisition
Second language acquisition and applied linguistics
Historical linguistics and relationships among languages
Linguistic change in grammar
Language endangerment
Linguistic typology and language universals
Translating between languages
Structural linguistics
Biolinguistics
Cognitive linguistics
Functional linguistics
Computational linguistics
Corpus linguistics
Linguistics and philosophy
Linguistics and the law
Linguistics and politics
Linguistics and social media