Everyday Linguistics
Joanne Cavallaro, "Everyday Linguistics"
English | ISBN: 0367219638 | 2023 | 260 pages | PDF | 11 MB
English | ISBN: 0367219638 | 2023 | 260 pages | PDF | 11 MB
This innovative introduction to linguistics connects language structure to everyday use, culture, and context, making the technicalities of language structure accessible, vivid, and engaging.
The first text to take a socially realistic linguistics approach, this exciting new textbook situates discussions about the building blocks of language like phonetics, syntax, and pragmatics within a social justice framework that recognizes that all language is shaped by sociocultural forces and reveals and reinforces ideologies. Uniquely, this text also introduces ecolinguistics, a new field that examines the relationship between language and its environment, again demonstrating how widely held views about language can have real-world consequences. Key features include:
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