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Author:   Nick Riches (Newcastle University, UK) ,  Carol Moxam (Newcastle University, UK)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9781394209972

ISBN 10:   1394209975
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   05 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Preface xiii PART 1 Fundamental Concepts 1 You Say Tom-mah-dah and I say To-may-dah 3 2 Word Classes 17 3 Morphemes 32 4 Phrases 43 5 Syntactic Functions 50 6 Tense and Aspect 66 PART 2 Language Above the Sentence 7 Cohesion and Coherence –Ways to Navigate the Linguistic Stream 85 8 Complex Sentences Part 1: Complex Sentences with a Discourse Function 93 9 Complex Sentences 2 -Thinking, Saying, and Feeling 110 PART 3 Language and Meaning 10 Word Meanings 123 11 Argument Structure: Painting Pictures with Words 143 PART 4 Language in Context 12 Introduction to Pragmatics 157 13 Linguistic Pragmatics 161 14 Social Pragmatics 180 PART 5 Language Processing 15 To Theorise or Not to Theorise: That is the Question 193 16 Appendix 204 Index 000

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Nick Riches is a Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Pathology at Newcastle University. He teaches Linguistics and Psycholinguistics courses and lectures on specific language impairments, autism, Williams Syndrome, modularity, and genetics. Carol Moxam is Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Pathology at Newcastle University. She serves as the Co-Degree Programme Director for the undergraduate programmes and is the Director of The Children's Speech and Language Clinic. In addition to her academic roles, she offers clinical services for children and adolescents with speech, language, and communication difficulties and disorders.

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