Introducing Language in Use ─ A Coursebook

Now in its second edition, Introducing Language in Use has been fully revised and updated with entirely new chapters on Phonology and Sociolinguistics, two separate chapters on grammar, and a greater focus on corpus linguistics.

Drawing on a vast range of data and examples of language in its many forms, this book provides students with the tools they need to analyze real language in diverse contexts. Designed to be highly adaptable for course use, the authors suggest a range of different routes through the book.

Introducing Language in Use:

• covers all the core areas and topics of language study: language, semiotics and communication, grammar, phonetics, phonology, words, semantics, variety in language, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, history of English, World Englishes and multilingualism
• adopts a 'how to' approach, encouraging students to apply their knowledge as they learn it
• draws on examples of language from around the world in forms ranging from conversation to advertising and text messaging, always giving precedence to real language in use
• includes activities throughout the text with commentaries, summaries, suggestions for further reading and an extensive glossary of terms
• is supported by a companion website, offering extra resources including further exercises for students and useful materials for instructors to use in classes.

This is an essential coursebook for all introductory courses in English language, communication and linguistics.

Andrew John Merrison is a senior lecturer in linguistics at York St John University. He has taught at the Universities of Durham, Edinburgh, York, and at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh.

Aileen Bloomer is a Fellow in Linguistics at York St John University. She has also worked in Warwick, Germany, Vietnam and China.

Patrick Griffiths (1942-2012) was a professor of English at Beppu University Japan and had previously taught at the University of the South Pacific, the University of York (UK) and York St John University.

Christopher J. Hall is Reader in Applied Linguistics at York St John University. He taught previously at the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico.