Maria Braun

The new and updated third edition of this highly successful textbook contains an additional chapter that presents modern empirical research methods in the form of exemplary small-scale studies. In these projects the authors invite the reader to develop and address research questions from phonetics/phonology, morphology and syntax. The pertinent experimental and corpus-linguistic techniques are introduced and students are familiarized with some basic statistical tools necessary for the analysis of the data. The major difference between this book and its potential competitors lies in its hands-on didactic orientation, with a strong focus on linguistic analysis and argumentation. Language and linguistic theory are approached from a strictly empirical perspective: given a certain set of data to be accounted for, theoretical and methodological problems must be solved in order to analyze and understand the data properly. The book is not written from the perspective of a particular theoretical framework and draws on insights from various research traditions. Introduction to English Linguistics concentrates on gaining expertise and analytical skills in the traditional core areas of linguistics, i.e. phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. The chapter on "Extensions and applications" widens the perspective to other areas of linguistic research, such as historical, socio- and psycholinguistics. Each chapter is accompanied by exercises and suggestions for further reading. A glossary and an index facilitate access to terms and topics.

WAPOR Latinoam rica (World Association for Public Opinion Research) es una instituci n sin fines de lucro que tiene como objetivo difundir los estudios de opini n p blica en la Argentina y en Am rica Latina. Entendemos que la opini n p blica es una fuerza cr tica para modelar y transformar sociedades, y que, apropiadamente desarrollada y diseminada, provee a la sociedad de una herramienta potente para conocer actitudes y opiniones y hacerse o r. Revista Latinoamericana de Opini n P blica Investigaci n social aplicada Presentaci n Mar a Braun y Gabriela Catterberg (Argentina) Art culos Francisco Abundis Luna, Diana Paola Penagos V squez y Alejandro Espinosa Granados (M xico) Rosario Aguilar, Alejandro Moreno y Vidal Romero (M xico) Jorge Iv n Bonilla, Omar Rinc n y Catalina Uribe (Colombia) Gerardo Maldonado y Mariano Torcal (Espa a) Notas de investigaci n Mar a Braun (Argentina) Rese as de libros Carlos Melo (Brasil) Comit acad mico N lida Archenti, Miguel Bas ez, Marita Carballo, Ronald Inglehart, Esteban L pez Escobar, lvaro Mois s, Manuel Mora y Araujo, Glaucio Soares, Michael Traugott, Frederick Turner, Carlos Waisman Editoras Mar a Braun y Gabriela Catterberg Coordinadora ejecutiva Natalia Moret

WAPOR Latinoam rica (World Association for Public Opinion Research) es una instituci n sin fines de lucro que tiene como objetivo difundir los estudios de opini n p blica en la Argentina y en Am rica Latina. Entendemos que la opini n p blica es una fuerza cr tica para modelar y transformar sociedades, y que, apropiadamente desarrollada y diseminada, provee a la sociedad de una herramienta potente para conocer actitudes y opiniones y hacerse o r. Revista Latinoamericana de Opini n P blica Encuestas Internacionales: la opini n p blica desde una perspectiva comparada Presentaci n Alejandro Moreno (M xico) Art culos Guillermo Cantor (Argentina) Gabriela Catterberg (Argentina) Fabi n Echegaray y Michele Hartmann Feyh Afonso (Brasil) Paolo Moncagatta (Espa a) Jos del Tronco (M xico) Rese as de libros rica Anita Baptista Silva y Paulo Victor Melo (Brasil) Ingrid Bachmann (Chile) Comit acad mico N lida Archenti, Miguel Bas ez, Marita Carballo, Ronald Inglehart, Esteban L pez Escobar, lvaro Mois s, Manuel Mora y Araujo, Glaucio Soares, Michael Traugott, Frederick Turner, Carlos Waisman Comit Editorial Gabriela Catterberg, Lucas Klobovs, Juli n Rotman, Natalia Moret Editora general Mar a Braun

Wapor Latinoam rica-Sede Buenos Aires es una instituci n sin fines de lucro que tiene como objetivo difundir los estudios de opini n p blica en la Argentina y en Am rica Latina. Entendemos que la opini n p blica es una fuerza cr tica para modelar y transformar sociedades, y que, apropiadamente desarrollada y diseminada, provee a la sociedad de una herramienta potente para conocer actitudes y opiniones y hacerse o r. Presentaci n: Mar a Braun (Argentina). Art culos: Mar a Braun (Argentina), Guido Cataife (Argentina / Estados Unidos), Orlando P rez (Estados Unidos), Helcimara de Souza Telles y Tiago Prata Lopes Storni (Brasil), Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson, Nehemia Geva, Rhonda Struminger, Pablo Par s (M xico / Estados Unidos). Notas de investigaci n: Luis Costa y Lucas Klobovs (Argentina), Carolina Segovia (Chile). Rese as bibliogr ficas: Helena Rovner (Argentina), Carlos Waisman (Estados Unidos / Argentina), Fernando Tuesta Soldevilla (Per ). Comit acad mico: N lida Archenti, Miguel Bas ez, Marita Carballo, Ronald Inglehart, Esteban L pez Escobar, Manuel Mora y Araujo, Michael Traugott, Frederick Turner, Carlos Waisman Editora general: Mar a Braun Secretaria de redacci n: Natalia Moret Coedici n con WAPOR Latinoam rica A o 2011, N 1 ISSN 1852-9003

This book explores a relatively little investigated area of creole languages, word-formation. It provides the most comprehensive account so far of the word-formation patterns of an English-based creole language, Sranan, as found in its earliest sources, and compares them with the patterns attested in the input languages. One of the few studies of creole morphology based on historical data, the book discusses the theoretical problems arising with the historical analysis of creole word-formation and provides an analysis along the lines of Booij’s (2005, 2007) Construction Morphology in which the assumed boundaries between affixation, compounding and syntactic constructions play a very minor role. It shows that Early Sranan word-formation is characterised by the absence of superstrate derivational affixes, the use of free morphemes as derivational markers and of compounding as the major word-formation strategy. The emergence of Early Sranan word-formation involved multiple sources (the input languages, universals, language-internal development) and different mechanisms (reanalysis of free morphemes as derivational markers, adaptation of superstrate complex words, transfer from the substrates and the creation of innovations). The findings render untenable theoretical accounts of creole genesis based on one explanatory factor, such as superstrate or substrate influence.