This compact and student-friendly text, now in its Third Edition, continues to cover in a single volume the diverse aspects of Linguistics, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, historical linguistics, and language families. It also deals, in detail, with Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, and Stylistics. Written in a clear and easy-to-understand style, this book is thoroughly practical and should be of great help to students in understanding the basic concepts with ease. The third edition incorporates a new chapter on Cognitive Linguistics, an interdisciplinary branch which explains the mental processes involving language acquisition, storage, comprehension of speech, production of speech and writing. The book is intended as a text for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students [BA (Hons.) and MA] of English, and undergraduate and postgraduate students [BA (Hons.) and MA] of Linguistics. In addition, this book would be of great help to all those who wish to have a general knowledge of English linguistics.   

Contents: Preface. Preface to the First Edition. 1. Introduction Section 1: Descriptive Linguistics: 2. Phonetics. 3. Phonology. 4. Morphology. 5. Syntax. 6. Syntactic Analysis. 7. Semantics. Section 2: Comparative and Historical Linguistics: 8. Comparative and Historical Linguistics. 9. Language Family. 10. Borrowings. Section 3: Applied Linguistics: 11. Applied Linguistics. 12. Sociolinguistics. 13. Psycholinguistics. 14. Cognitive Linguistics. 15. Stylistics. Suggested Further Reading. Index.