To increase student engagement and to foster problem-solving and critical thinking skills, the book includes thirty new tasks.

This fifth edition has been revised and updated with new figures and tables, additional topics, and numerous new examples using languages from across the world. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, Yule presents information in bite-sized sections, clearly explaining the major concepts in linguistics - from how children learn language to why men and women speak differently, through all the key elements of language. Yule, G.This bestselling textbook provides an engaging and user-friendly introduction to the study of language.(1998) Explaining English Grammar Oxford University Press (1997) Referential Communication Tasks Lawrence Erlbaum (1996) Pragmatics Oxford University Press (1985/2020) The Study of Language (1st/8th editions) Cambridge University Press (1979) Pragmatically controlled anaphora Lingua 49: 127-35 Yule (1989) Focus on the Language Learner Oxford University Press Yule (2021) General Extenders The Forms and Functions of a New Linguistic Category Cambridge University Press Yule (1984) Teaching Talk: Strategies for Production and Assessment Cambridge University Press Yule (1983b) Teaching the Spoken Language Cambridge University Press Yule (1983a) Discourse Analysis Cambridge University Press His best-known work is an introductory textbook about language (Yule, 1985/2020). He has also carried out research and published on task-based language teaching (Brown and Yule, 1983b Brown, Anderson, Shillcock and Yule, 1984 Tarone and Yule, 1989 Yule, 1997) and English Grammar (Yule, 1998 2006/2019). His areas of specialization are Discourse Analysis (Brown and Yule, 1983a Overstreet and Yule, 2021) and Pragmatics (Yule, 1979 1996). After completing his doctorate, he taught linguistics and applied linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, University of Minnesota, Louisiana State University and the University of Hawaiʻi. In his early career, he taught English in Canada, Jamaica, Saudi Arabia and Scotland. in Applied Linguistics (1978), and a PhD in Linguistics (1981). in English Language and Literature (1969), M.Sc. He studied at Edinburgh University, completing an M.A. George Yule was born in Stirling, Scotland in 1947, and became an American citizen in 2000. He is known for his works on pragmatics and discourse analysis. George Yule (born 20 March 1947) is a Scottish-American linguist.

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