A genuine introduction to the linguistics of English that provides a broad overview of the subject that sustains students' interest and avoids excessive detail.

The new and updated third edition of this highly successful textbook contains an additional chapter that presents modern empirical research methods in the form

English Words is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the study of English words from a theoretically informed linguistic perspective. accessibly writ

This undergraduate textbook introduces English literature students to the application of linguistics to literary analysis.