LAURIE BAUER Professor in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His publications include Introducing Linguistic Morphology (second edition, 2003) Introduction to International Varieties of English, (2002) Language Matters (with Janet Holmes and Paul Warren, Palgrave 2006) and The Linguistic Student's Handbook (2007).

• AcknowledgementsSymbols and AbbreviationsThe Chart of the International Phonetic AssociationIntroductionSemanticsPhoneticsPhonologyMorphologySyntaxPragmaticsConclusionAppendix A: GlossaryAppendix B: Languages MentionedAppendix C: Answers to QuestionsAppendix D: Questions for Discussion and AssignmentsReferencesIndex.

'This is an accessible, contemporary text for Linguistics and English Language students. It contains examples from a wide range of languages, with ample, engaging exercises to reinforce the major topics and a wealth of suggested readings to take students beyond the basics.' - Kristine Hildebrandt, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature, Southern Illinois University, USA. 'This engaging and accessible textbook gives a solid introduction to linguistics by drawing on data from a wide range of languages. It teaches linguistics at the same time as it teaches how to do linguistics and it will be extremely useful for my classes.' - Gisela Hakansson, Professor of Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden