Edited by
Margie Berns, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, US
Description
This volume formalizes, organizes and analyzes the relation of knowledge about language to decision-making in practice.
It synthesizes research in psycholinguistics, educational linguistics and sociolinguistics, freely crossing subject fields to establish
innovative and expert responses to some of the key debates in the field. Authored and compiled by leaders in their various specialties
and collated and extensively re-edited from the award-winning
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics 2nd edition, this
collection will be an ideal one-stop desk reference solution for any linguistics professional and researcher interested in how language
operates at the leading edge.
Included in series
Concise Encyclopedias of Language and Linguistics
Audience:
Relevant to any department, institute or individual interested in the application of linguistics theory.
