21.1613, Books: General Linguistics: Akmajian, Demers, Farmer, Harnish

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Date: 31-Mar-2010
From: Michelle Pullano < mpullano at mit.edu >
Subject: Linguistics, Sixth Edition: Akmajian, Demers, Farmer, Harnish

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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:46:58
From: Michelle Pullano [mpullano at mit.edu]
Subject: Linguistics, Sixth Edition: Akmajian, Demers, Farmer, Harnish

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Title: Linguistics, Sixth Edition 
Subtitle: An Introduction to Language and Communication 
Publication Year: 2010 
Publisher: MIT Press
	   http://mitpress.mit.edu/

Book URL: http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262513708 

Author: Adrian Akmajian
Author: Richard A Demers
Author: Ann K Farmer
Author: Robert M Harnish

Hardback: ISBN: 0262013754 9780262013758 Pages: 592 Price: U.S. $ 75.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0262513706 9780262513708 Pages: 592 Price: U.S. $ 45.00

Abstract:

This popular introductory linguistics text is unique for its integration of
themes. Rather than treat morphology, phonetics, phonology, syntax, and
semantics as completely separate fields, the book shows how they interact.
It provides a sound introduction to linguistic methodology while
encouraging students to consider why people are intrinsically interested in
language?the ultimate puzzle of the human mind.

The text first treats such structural and interpretive parts of language as
morphology, phonology, syntax, and semantics, then takes a cognitive
perspective and covers such topics as pragmatics, psychology of language,
language acquisition, and language and the brain. For this sixth edition,
all chapters have been revised. New material includes updated examples, new
special topics sections, and new discussions of the minimalist program,
semantic minimalism, human genetic relationships and historical
relationships among languages, Gricean theories, experimental pragmatics,
and language acquisition. 

The organization of the book gives instructors flexibility in designing
their courses. Chapters have numerous subsections with core material
presented first and additional material following as special topics. The
accompanying workbook supplements the text with exercises drawn from a
variety of languages. The goal is to teach basic conceptual foundations of
linguistics and the methods of argumentation, justification, and hypothesis
testing within the field. By presenting the most fundamental linguistics
concepts in detail, the text allows students to get a feeling for how real
work in different areas of linguistics is done. 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=47166

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	Brill          
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	Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd          
		http://www.continuumbooks.com	

	De Gruyter Mouton          
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	Edinburgh University Press          
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	Elsevier Ltd          
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	Emerald Group Publishing Limited          
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	European Language Resources Association - ELRA          
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	Georgetown University Press          
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu	

	John Benjamins          
		http://www.benjamins.com/	

	Lincom GmbH          
		http://www.lincom.eu	

	MIT Press          
		http://mitpress.mit.edu/	

	Multilingual Matters          
		http://www.multilingual-matters.com/	

	Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG          
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	Oxford University Press          
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	Palgrave Macmillan          
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	Peter Lang AG          
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	Rodopi          
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	Routledge (Taylor and Francis)          
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	Springer          
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	University of Toronto Press          
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	Wiley-Blackwell          
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OTHER SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS	

	Association of Editors of the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
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	Graduate Linguistic Students' Association, Umass
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	International Pragmatics Assoc.
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	Langues et Linguistique
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	Linguistic Association of Finland
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	Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
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	Pacific Linguistics
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	SIL International
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	St. Jerome Publishing Ltd
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