The Handbook of Linguistics

This second edition of The Handbook of Linguistics provides an updated and timely overview of the field of linguistics. The editor s broad definition of the field ensures that the book may be read by those seeking a comprehensive introduction to the subject, but with little or no prior knowledge of the area.

Building on the popular first edition, this new edition features new and revised content reflecting advances within the discipline. New chapters expand the already broad coverage of the Handbook to address and take account of key changes within the field in the intervening years. It explores: psycholinguistics, linguistic anthropology and ethnolinguistics, sociolinguistic theory, language variation and second language pedagogy. With contributions from a global team of leading linguists, this comprehensive and accessible volume is the ideal resource for those engaged in study and work within the dynamic field of linguistics. 

Mark Aronoff is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA. His research touches on almost all aspects of morphology and its relation to other aspects of language. He is a member of a team studying a newly–created sign language, Al–Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language, and he has served as Editor of Language, the Journal of the Linguistic Society of America, and as President of the Society. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Janie Rees–Miller holds the William R. and Marie Adamson Flesher Chair in the Humanities. She established the ESL Program at Marietta College, USA and has served as its director for over 20 years. She has also taught linguistics courses for undergraduates and acted as an editor with Mark Aronoff of Contemporary Linguistics (2009), now in its 7 th edition. Her research interests include second language pedagogy, pragmatics, Native American languages, and making linguistics accessible to non–linguists.