Studying the English Language

The 3rd Edition of Studying the English Language: A Resource Book for Students provides a foundational textbook for students of English language and linguistics. Published as part of the Routledge English Language Introductions series, this volume introduces essential concepts across the discipline, including language acquisition, standardisation, and the globalisation of English.

This revised volume structures key linguistic topics through separate threads on semantics, pragmatics, and text and discourse, while introducing dedicated new material on identity. The text presents updated explanations of relevance theory, text linguistics, corpus linguistics, and Critical Discourse Analysis. In addition, it integrates coverage of recent developments in politeness, discourse analysis, text-worlds, cognitive poetics, and corpus stylistics.

To support independent study and module coursework, the revised D section supplies selected passages from key texts, original author research, discussion prompts, summaries of key works, and clear guidance for further research. This comprehensive setup provides students and course adopters with direct support for academic reading and research assignments.