Linguistics

This 14-volume set provides an alphabetical listing of entries about language and linguistics research.

This encyclopedia encompasses the full range of topics in linguistics, including such areas as historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics. Special attention is given to interrelations within these branches of the field and to relations of linguistics with other disciplines. This interdisciplinary focus makes the encyclopedia an invaluable resource not only for linguistics, but also for scholars working in the fields of computer science, mathematics, philosophy, the social and behavioral sciences, and literary studies.

An encyclopedia of terms and constructs in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and its applications.

Interdisciplinary and international in coverage, this multi-volume encyclopedia covers language education theory, language policy, literacies, discourse, language acquisition, bilingual education, knowledge about language, language testing, language socialization, language ecology, and research methods.

International topics include: endangered languages, language attrition, and linguistics minorities.

This work provides uniquely comprehensive and authoritative information on all aspects of sociolinguistics.

This encyclopedia includes detailed information on the basic, historical notion of semiotics even before it had a name; the growth and development of new models and critical areas of inquiry; and the advances in the information sciences, the cognitive neurosciences, and evolutionary biology that have given rise disciplinary hybrids.