The Handbook of Linguistics

Presupposing no prior knowledge of linguistics,The Handbook of Linguistics is the ideal resource for people who want to learn about the subject and its subdisciplines.

Content: Chapter 1 Origins of Language (pages 1–18): Andrew Carstairs?McCarthyChapter 2 Languages of the World (pages 19–42): Bernard ComrieChapter 3 Writing Systems (pages 43–80): Peter T. DanielsChapter 4 The History of Linguistics (pages 81–104): Lyle CampbellChapter 5 Historical Linguistics (pages 105–129): Brian D. JosephChapter 6 Field Linguistics (pages 130–149): Pamela MunroChapter 7 Linguistic Phonetics (pages 150–179): John LaverChapter 8 Phonology (pages 180–212): Abigail CohnChapter 9 Morphology (pages 213–237): Andrew SpencerChapter 10 The Lexicon (pages 238–264): D. A. CruseChapter 11 Syntax (pages 265–294): Mark C. BakerChapter 12 Generative Grammar (pages 295–318): Thomas WasowChapter 13 Functional Linguistics (pages 319–336): Robert D. Van ValinChapter 14 Typology (pages 337–368): William CroftChapter 15 An Introduction to Formal Semantics (pages 369–393): Shalom LappinChapter 16 Pragmatics: Language and Communication (pages 394–424): Ruth KempsonChapter 17 Discourse Analysis (pages 428–445): Agnes Weiyun HeChapter 18 Linguistics and Literature (pages 446–465): Nigel FabbChapter 19 First Language Acquisition (pages 466–487): Brian MacWhinneyChapter 20 Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition: One Person with Two Languages (pages 488–511): Vivian CookChapter 21 Multilingualism (pages 512–532): Suzanne RomaineChapter 22 Natural Sign Languages (pages 533–562): Wendy Sandler and Diane Lillo?MartinChapter 23 Sociolinguistics (pages 563–581): Florian CoulmasChapter 24 Neurolinguistics (pages 582–607): David CaplanChapter 25 Computational Linguistics (pages 608–636): Richard Sproat, Christer Samuelsson, Jennifer Chu?Carroll and Bob CarpenterChapter 26 Applied Linguistics (pages 637–646): Janie Rees?MillerChapter 27 Educational Linguistics (pages 647–663): James Paul GeeChapter 28 Linguistics and Reading (pages 664–672): Rebecca TreimanChapter 29 Clinical Linguistics (pages 673–682): David CrystalChapter 30 Forensic Linguistics (pages 683–691): Roger W. ShuyChapter 31 Translation (pages 692–703): Christoph GutknechtChapter 32 Language Planning (pages 704–713): Frank Anshen