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What do we need to kw about language and why do we need to kw it? This book shows how viewing the world through a linguistics lens can help us to understand how we communicate with each other and why we do it in the ways we do. Above all this book is about ticing. It is about encouraging readers to pay attention to the language that surrounds them. The book addresses fundamental linguistic questions such as: Where do people's beliefs about language come from? Who decides what language we should speak? How do we choose the best way to express what we mean? It introduces a set of practical tools for language analysis and, using examples of authentic communicative activity including overheard conversations, Facebook posts and public anuncements, shows how this kind of analysis works and what it can tell us about social interaction. Exploring language and language use from a social, intercultural and multilingual perspective, the authors demonstrate the relevance of linguistics in understanding day-to-day interaction. This book will help readers t only to become informed, active observers of language for its own sake, but also to be able to take on and challenge some of the misconceptions, assumptions and prejudices that so often underlie public discussion of language issues.

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PublisherContinuum Publishing Corporation

ISBN-101441166092

ISBN-139781441166098

eBay Product ID (ePID)208949722

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Number of Pages304 Pages

Publication NameWhy Do Linguistics? : Reflective Linguistics and the Study of Language

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

SubjectLinguistics

TypeTextbook

AuthorFiona English, Tim Marr

Subject AreaEducation, Language Arts & Disciplines

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

Height234mm

Width156mm

Weight460g

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Date of Publication29/01/2015

Place of PublicationNew York

Spine18mm

GenreLinguistics

Country of PublicationUnited States

Author BiographyFiona English is Honorary Senior Research Associate, Centre for Applied Linguistics, UCL Institute of Education, UK Tim Marr is a Visiting Professor in Applied Linguistics at the Centre for Educational Research and Services, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima, Peru

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ImprintContinuum Publishing Corporation