William O'Grady, University of Hawaii
John Archibald, University of Calgary

Publisher: Prentice Hall Canada
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 608 pp

ISBN-10:	0321476662
ISBN-13:	9780321476661

Our Price: £44.99
Status: Not Yet Published
Estimated Availability: 28 Jun 2008

An exceptional integrated package! O’Grady and Archibald meets all of your introduction to linguistics course needs.

Contemporary Linguistic Analysis: An Introduction  is the best-selling introductory text on linguistics. This classic text, written by leading scholars in the field, is recognized for its up-to-date research content, relevant Canadian material, and comprehensive coverage. The text emphasizes the contemporary practice of linguistic analysis, with chapters on all the discipline's major fields.  Now more concise, this new edition is accompanied by a protected website containing new audio pronunciation clips and transcription exercises. A student access code to the site is bound inside each text.

Chapter 1         Language:  A Preview                                                         by William O’Grady
Chapter 2         Phonetics:  The Sounds of Language                                 by Michael Dobrovolsky
Chapter 3         Phonology:  The Function and Patterning of Sounds          by Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins and Michael Dobrovolsky
Chapter 4         Morphology:  The Analysis of Word Structure                    by William O’Grady and Videa de Guzman
Chapter 5         Syntax:  The Analysis of Sentence Structure                     by William O’Grady
Chapter 6         Semantics:  The Analysis of Meaning                                 by William O’Grady
Chapter 7         Historical Linguistics:  The Study of Language Change     by Robert W. Murray

Chapter 8         The Classification of Languages                                         by Aleksandra Steinbergs
Chapter 9         Aboriginal Languages of Canada                                        by Eung-Do Cook and Darin Flynn

Chapter 10       First Language Acquisition                                                  by William O’Grady and Sook Whan Cho
Chapter 11       Second Language Acquisition                                             by John Archibald
Chapter 12       Psycholinguistics:  The Study of Language Processing     by Gary Libben
Chapter 13       Brain and Language                                                             by Gary Libben
Chapter 14       Language in Social Contexts                                               by Gerard Van Herk
Chapter 15       Writing and Language                                                          by Michael Dobrovolsky and William O'Grady
[Chapter 16       Animal Communication — on CW only]                               by Michael Dobrovolsky

• New “Language Matters” boxes have been added to all chapters, providing practical, conversation-creating facts about language.
• New Chapter 14 on Sociolinguistics —“Language in Social Contexts”--has been completely rewritten and now has more Canadian content than ever
• The text’s length has been reduced, so it is now a more manageable size for students and instructors
• All chapters have been updated
• New Audio files on the Companion Website
• Chapter 16 (Animal Communication) has been moved to the Companion Website

• All chapters have been updated
• Text is a more manageable size for students and instructors
• NEW “Language Matters” box has been added to all chapters, providing practical, intriguing facts about language.
• Ch. 14, Language in Social Contexts, has been completely rewritten with more Canadian content
• Previous Chapter 16 (Animal Communication) has been moved to the text’s Companion Website
• Audio pronunciation files and transcription exercises are available on the protected Companion Website (Student Access code bound inside text).  www.pearsoned.ca/ogrady        

"I will say that I very much appreciate the Canadian content and bias.  It is great to be able to refer to the Phonetics chapter and know that the vowel sounds and examples will more or less correspond to those used by my students.  The Canadian content in Ch. 14 is great too."

---Julia Peters, Grant MacEwan College:

“The illustrations, diagrams, tables, etc., are superb throughout the text; I found them particularly useful in the discussion of phonetics, but they are a vital enrichment feature in every chapter.  The learning features generally I found to be excellent.”

---Annette Teffeteller at Concordia University

"I like CLA for its clarity, structured presentation of basic and contemporary materials and overall well selected exercises."

 ---Yanfeng Qu, Kwantlen University College