Publications
Academic journals
In recognition of the high quality research undertaken in our Department, a number
of our researchers work on leading academic journals.
General linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Psycholinguistics
Applied linguistics and L2 acquisition
Book series and textbooks
Our academics serve as editors and advisers for distinguished book series in sociolinguistics
and psycholinguistics.
- Dialects of English,
Peter Patrick, member of the advisory board (Edinburgh
University Press)
- Empirical
Foundations of Theoretical Pragmatics, Rebecca Clift, member of the editorial board (Brill)
- IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society,
Peter Patrick, member of the advisory board (John Benjamins Publishing Co.)
- Varieties of English Around the World,
Peter Patrick, member of the editorial board (John Benjamins Publishing Co.)
- Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics,
Andrew Radford, member of the editorial board (Springer)
They have also written a number of textbooks that are used across the world.
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General linguistics
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Machine Translation: An Introductory Guide, Arnold, D.J., Balkan, L., Meijer, S., Humphreys, R.L., and Sadler, L. (Blackwell, 1994)
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Syntactic Theory: A Unified Approach (2nd edition), Borsley, R.D. (Edward Arnold, 2004)
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Modern Phrase Structure Grammar, Borsley, R.D. (Blackwell, 1996)
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Second Language Syntax: A Generative Introduction, Hawkins, R. (Blackwell, 2001)
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Patterns in Child Phonology, Johnson, W. with Reimers, P (Edinburgh University Press, 2010)
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Foundations of French Syntax, Jones, M.A. (Cambridge University Press, 1996)
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Analysing English Sentences: A Minimalist Approach, Radford, A. (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
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An Introduction to English Sentence Structure, Radford, A. (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
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Linguistics: An Introduction (2nd edition), Radford, A., Atkinson, M., Britain, D., Clahsen, H., and Spencer, A.J. (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
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Minimalist Syntax, Radford, A. (Cambridge University Press, 2004)
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English Syntax, Radford, A. (Cambridge University Press, 2004)
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Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English, Radford, A. (Cambridge University Press, 1997)
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A Course in Phonology, Roca, I.M. and Johnson, W. (Blackwell, 1999)
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A Workbook in Phonology, Roca, I.M. and Johnson, W. (Blackwell, 1999)
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Generative Phonology, Roca, I.M. (Routledge, 1994)
- Grammar of Spoken and Written English, Scholfield, P.J. (editor) (Longman, 1999)
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Quantifying Language, Scholfield, P.J. (Multilingual Matters, 1995)
- Phonology: Descriptive and Analysis, Spencer, A. (Blackwell, 1996)
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Handbook of Morphology, Spencer, A. with Zwicky, A. (editors) (Blackwell, 2001)
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Morphological Theory, Spencer, A. (Blackwell, 1991)
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Sociolinguistics
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Language in the British Isles, Britain, D. (Editor) (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
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Comparative Creole Syntax: Parallel Outlines of 18 Creole Grammars, Patrick, Peter L., with Holm, John A. (Editors) (Battlebridge Press, 2007)
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Reporting Talk: Reported Speech in Interaction, Holt, E. and Clift, R. (editors) (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
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Language acquisition and language teaching
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English Language Teaching Materials: Theory and Practice, Harwood, N. (editor) (Cambridge University Press, 2010)
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Practising French Grammar, Hawkins, R., with Lamy, M.-N. and Towell, R. (Arnold, 1997)
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French Grammar and Usage, Hawkins, R., with Towell, R. (Arnold, 1996)
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Approaches to Second Language Acquisition, Hawkins, R., with Towell, R. (Multilingual Matters, 1994)
Essex Research Reports in Linguistics
Essex Research Reports in Linguistics presents ongoing research by members of our Department. The reports have pre-publication status and are stored in our
research repository.
The contents, form and distribution of the reports lies in the hands of the authors, and copyright remains
with the author(s) of the reports. Most of the reports will subsequently appear in revised form as research
articles in professional journals or in edited books. For further information, please contact Doug Arnold.
Research papers
Further downloadable research papers are available from individual staff profile pages or from our research repository.