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The Handbook of English Linguistics

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The Handbook of English Linguistics, 2nd Edition is an authoritative volume that brings together comprehensive discussions on key topics within English linguistics. Covering areas such as syntax, phonology, morphology, corpus linguistics, stylistics, and discourse, this extensively updated edition features 32 in-depth chapters written by an international team of experts. It presents the latest research, explores theoretical and descriptive approaches, and suggests exciting future research directions, making it an essential resource for those studying or researching the English language.
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This handbook is ideal for advanced students, researchers, and academics specialising in English linguistics or language studies. Its accessible yet thorough chapters suit those seeking a comprehensive reference work that includes contemporary trends and methodologies in the field.

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Second edition of this popular Handbook bringing together stimulating discussions of core English linguistics topics in a single, authoritative volume—includes numerous new and thoroughly updated chapters.

The second edition of the popular Handbook of English Linguistics brings together stimulating discussions of the core topics in English linguistics in a single, authoritative volume. Written by an international team of experts, the chapters cover syntax, methodology, phonetics and phonology, lexis and morphology, variation, stylistics, and discourse, and also provide discussions of theoretical and descriptive research in the field.

The revised edition includes new and updated chapters on English Corpus Linguistics, experimental approaches, complements and adjuncts, English phonology and morphology, lexicography, and more. In-depth yet accessible chapters introduce key areas of English linguistics, discuss relevant research, and suggest future research directions.

An important academic contribution to the field, this book:

  • Presents thirty-two in-depth, yet accessible, chapters that discuss new research findings across the field, written by both established and emerging scholars from around the world
  • Builds upon the very successful first edition, published in 2006
  • Incorporates new trends in English linguistics, including digital research methods and theoretical advances in all subfields
  • Suggests future research directions

The Handbook of English Linguistics, 2nd Edition is an essential reference work for researchers and students working in the field of English language and linguistics.

Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119540601

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 March 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 2nd edition

Contributors:

  • Edited by Bas Aarts
  • Edited by April McMahon
  • Edited by Lars Hinrichs

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 39.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 1361g

Pages: 704

About the Author

Bas Aarts is Professor of English Linguistics and Director of the Survey of English Usage at UCL, UK. His recent publications include Syntactic Gradience (2007), Oxford Modern English Grammar (2011), the Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar, second edition (with S. Chalker and E. Weiner, 2014), How to Teach Grammar (with I. Cushing and R. Hudson, 2019) and the Oxford Handbook of English Grammar (with J. Bowie and G. Popova, 2019). He is a founding editor of the journal English Language and Linguistics.

April McMahon is Vice-President for Teaching, Learning and Students at the University of Manchester, UK and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the British Academy, and the Learned Society of Wales. She is author of Understanding Language Change (1994) and An Introduction to English Phonology (Second Edition, 2020), and has published extensively on the historical phonology of English, language family relationships and evolutionary linguistics.

Lars Hinrichs is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He specializes in research on varieties of English around the world and corpus linguistics. He directs the Texas English Linguistics Lab, which studies variation and change in Texas English.

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