Parker Individual chapters © 2010 the contributors All rights reserved. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to Selection and editorial matter © 2010 Susan J. Language in the Real World An introduction to linguisticsįirst published 2010 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2010. Parker is Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Mary Washington. Behrens is Professor of Speech–Language Pathology and Audiology at Marymount Manhattan College. Language in the Real World shows that linguistics can be appreciated, studied, and enjoyed by actively engaging real world applications of linguistic knowledge and principles and will be essential reading for students with an interest in language. Material for professors includes essay and multi-choice questions based on each chapter and additional general discussion topics. Professors and students will beneﬁt from the interactive companion website that includes a student section featuring comments and hints on the chapter exercises within the book, a series of ﬂash cards to test knowledge, and further reading and links to key resources. Activities and pointers for further study and reading are also integrated into the chapters and an end of text glossary is provided to aid study. Each chapter, written by an expert in the ﬁeld, is introduced by boxed notes listing the key points covered and features an author’s note to readers that situates the chapter in its real world context. Key areas covered include animal communication, phonology, language variation, gender and power, lexicography, translation, forensic linguistics, language acquisition, American Sign Language, and language disorders. By ﬁrst examining the real world applications of core areas of linguistics and then addressing the theory behind these applications, this text oﬀers an inductive, illustrative, and interactive overview for students. Language in the Real World: An introduction to linguistics challenges the traditional approaches taken to linguistics to provide an innovative introduction to the subject.

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