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The Handbook of World Englishes is a collection of newly commissioned articles focusing on selected critical dimensions and case studies of the theoretical, ideological, applied and pedagogical issues related to English as it is spoken around the world.

The Handbook of the History of English is a collection of articles written by leading specialists in the field that focus on the theoretical issues behind the facts of the changing English language.

* Features comprehensive coverage of contemporary discourse analysis. * Offers an overview of how different disciplines approach the analysis of discourse. * Provides analysis of a wide range of data, including political speeches, everyday conversation, and literary texts.

Provides a comprehensive view of issues in contemporary syntactic theory. The chapters include analyses of non-configurational languages, a cross-linguistic comparison of important grammatical features that interface with semantics, and discussions from the perspective of learnability theory.

This Handbook brings together major aspects of Japanese linguistics, presenting overviews, current concerns and future directions of each topic. The areas included are phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, language acquisition, sentence processing, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics.

The Handbook of Speech Perception is a collection of forward-looking articles that offer a summary of the technical and theoretical accomplishments in this vital area of research on language.

The Handbook of Educational Linguistics is a dynamic, scientifically grounded overview revealing the complexity of this growing field while remaining accessible for students, researchers, language educators, curriculum developers, and educational policy makers.

* Provides a comprehensive and current picture of the field of Applied Linguistics. * Contains 32 newly commissioned articles that examine both the applications of linguistics to language data and the use of real world language to ameliorate social problems.

Presents an account of the numerous issues that characterize the work in historical linguistics, the area of linguistics directly concerned with language change and language states. This title contains an introduction that places the study of historical linguistics in its proper context within linguistics and the historical sciences in general.

The comparatively recent origins of pidgins and creoles provide them with a special place in linguistic theory. Debates about the origin and character of these languages have informed broader discussions within grammatical theory, historical linguistics, and sociolinguistics.

* Contains 32 newly commissioned articles that outline the central themes and challenges for current research in the field of linguistic pragmatics. * Provides authoritative and accessible introduction to the field and a detailed examination of the varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics.

A 28-chapter up-to-date overview of sociolinguistics. Reflecting the main division within the discipline, the two key sections of the text deal with the social dimensions of language and the linguistic dimensions of society.

**Honored as a 2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title** Comprising state-of-the-art research, this substantially expanded and revised Handbook discusses the latest global and interdisciplinary issues across bilingualism and multilingualism.

* Brings together articles by authors at the forefront of current morphology research. * Covers traditional issues as well as specific questions that have more recently become the focus of attention. * Explores the role of morphology in a wider perspective: language change, psycholinguistics, and language acquisition.

* Presents an integrated discussion of key and sometimes controversial issues in second language acquisition research. * Discusses the biological underpinnings of SLA, the driving forces and constraints on SLA, research methods, and the status of SLA as a cognitive science.

This Handbook brings together major aspects of Japanese linguistics, presenting overviews, current concerns and future directions of each topic. The areas included are phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, language acquisition, sentence processing, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics.

This volume, in its 25 definitive chapters on normal and nonnormal language development, represents the authoritative and up--to--date complete sourcebook on child language development. All aspects of child language development are addressed, including phonetics, phonology, grammar, and lexical development.

* Provides a comprehensive and current account of the numerous issues, methods, and results that characterize historical linguistics. * Contains an extensive introduction that places the study of historical linguistics in its proper context within linguistics and the historical sciences in general.

* Contains over 30 newly--commissioned chapters. * Written by an international assembly of leading linguists. * Most up--to--date, comprehensive linguistic resource available. * Flagship volume for prestigious a Blackwell Handbooks in Linguisticsa series. .

This volume provides a comprehensive view of the current issues in contemporary syntactic theory. Written by an international assembly of leading specialists in the field, these 23 original articles serve as a useful reference for various areas of grammar.