Relevant Linguistics: An Introduction to the Structure and Use of English for Teachers

by Paul W. Justice

This revised and expanded edition of Paul W. Justice's popular text provides a straightforward, accessible introduction to the basics of linguistics for education students and all non-linguistics majors, covering the essentials of phonetics, phonology, morphology, morpho-phonology, and syntax. While this overview is accessible to any student, Justice's text will be of particular use in teacher training programs, many of which now expose trainees to these topics in order to cope with rising linguistic diversity in classrooms.Each chapter of Relevant Linguistics leads students through descriptive analysis, helps them grasp linguistic concepts, and provides them with the reference materials necessary for their own teaching. This second edition contains more exercises as well as expanded and clarified explanations of the issues discussed in the first edition. Also included are more references to areas such as the history of English and semantics.

Genres: Linguistics, Writing

311 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2001

Reviews

[Christine]

Read a chapter of this book for class and found it very interesting. It made me wish that this was also a text for the class. Guess I'll have to check it out on my own.

[Handan · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's an odd satisfaction that comes out of seeing in explicit statements and diagrams what one's long known intuitively. The book gives you that odd satisfaction.

[Angelica JP · Rating 4 out of 5]

Practical and well-written.