The Cambridge Dictionary of Linguistics

Provides concise and clear definitions of all the terms a student is likely to encounter in the study of linguistics.

Keith Brown (Author), Jim Miller (Author)

9780521766753, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 5 December 2013

492 pages, 37 b/w illus. 6 tables
24.4 x 17.3 x 3 cm, 1.02 kg

'Students of linguistics will find it especially helpful as they are constantly attempting to remember the new terms they encounter. Missionaries and translators might find the dictionary handy as they continue to read linguistic literature and need refreshers on terminology and theories. Scholars may find the volume useful for short, citable definitions.' Todd A. Scacewater, Journal of Language, Culture, and Religion

The Cambridge Dictionary of Linguistics provides concise and clear definitions of all the terms any undergraduate or graduate student is likely to encounter in the study of linguistics and English language or in other degrees involving linguistics, such as modern languages, media studies and translation. lt covers the key areas of syntax, morphology, phonology, phonetics, semantics and pragmatics but also contains terms from discourse analysis, stylistics, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics and corpus linguistics. It provides entries for 246 languages, including 'major' languages and languages regularly mentioned in research papers and textbooks. Features include cross-referencing between entries and extended entries on some terms. Where appropriate, entries contain illustrative examples from English and other languages, and many provide etymologies bringing out the metaphors lying behind the technical terms. Also available is an electronic version of the dictionary which includes 'clickable' cross-referencing.

List of abbreviations
Phonetic symbols for English
Introduction
The dictionary.

Subject Areas: Translation & interpretation [CFP], Grammar, syntax & morphology [CFK], Phonetics, phonology [CFH], Semantics, discourse analysis, etc [CFG], Linguistics [CF], Language: history & general works [CBX]