This book offers a concise introduction to synchronic English linguistics. Following an
introduction to language and linguistics as such it provides detailed descriptions of the
different language levels: phonetics and phonology morphology syntax and meaning in language
(comprising semantics and pragmatics). Furthermore one chapter deals with constructional
approaches to English grammar. The final chapter serves as an outlook on the application of
linguistic theory in various domains of language use including historical linguistics
dialectology sociolinguistics language acquisition and forensic linguistics. Every chapter
contains specific exercises that help to rehearse the key concepts introduced in this book.
