Linguistics is the study of language and its structure. Linguistics is a science, although most do not realize this, and has many different branches. These branches cover a wide range of topics related to language and include sociolinguistics, dialectology, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, historical-comparative linguistics, and applied linguistics (Linguistic Society of America, 2012). Sociolinguistics is the study of language in relation to social factors...
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The second edition of this hugely successful textbook provides comprehensive coverage of a wide range of topics in theoretical and applied linguistics. Written by leading academics in the field, this text offers a firm grounding in linguistics and includes engaging insights into current research. It covers all the key areas of linguistic analysis, including phonetics, morphology, semantics and pragmatics, and core domains of study, comprising the history of the English language, regional and social variation, style and communication and interaction.
