{interesting webinar} Ask Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter about Introducing Linguistics

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Ask Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter about Introducing Linguistics

Time: Thu, Feb 4, 2021 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM GMT

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Join Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter as they talk about their book Introducing Linguistics: Theoretical and Applied Approaches. 

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Join Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter, who will answer questions and speak about their new book Introducing Linguistics, for their upcoming webinar. Joyce Bruhn de Garavito is a Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies and Linguistics at Western University and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa.
John W. Schwieter is a Professor of Spanish and Linguistics and Faculty of Arts Teaching Scholar at Wilfrid Laurier University where he directs the Language Acquisition, Multilingualism, and Cognition Laboratory and Bilingualism Matters at Laurier.
Introducing Linguistics offers students a contemporary introduction to the study of language. Each thought-provoking chapter is accessible to readers from a variety of fields and has an accompanying website of online resources for students and instructors.
‘Everyone is interested in language, and for those lucky students who get to study linguistics in college, this is a superb introduction to how we express ourselves and understand each other.’ Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, USA
Book description

Everything we do involves language. Assuming no prior knowledge, this book offers students a contemporary introduction to the study of language. Each thought-provoking chapter is accessible to readers from a variety of fields, and is helpfully organized across six parts: sound; structure and meaning; language typologies and change; language and social aspects; language acquisition; and language, cognition, and the brain. The book’s companion website also offers three brief chapters on language and computers; animal communication; and dialectal varieties of English. The chapters feature illustrative tables, figures and maps, along with three types of pedagogical boxes (Linguistic Tidbits; Pause and Reflect; and Eyes on World Languages) that break up text, contextualize information, and provide colourful accents that give real data from languages across the globe. Key words are bolded and defined in a glossary at the end of the book, while end-of-chapter summaries and practice exercises reinforce the key points discussed.

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