Linguistic Theory: Discourse Analysis of Foundational Texts

Author: (American) Beaugrande R.
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Publishing Date: 2001-09-01
Features: The first batch of 54 titles in the "Contemporary Collection of Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics" has achieved great success since its launch in September 2000. The initial print run of 5,000 sets was in high demand, requiring a second print run of 6,000 sets in October. Publishing such a large-scale collection of linguistic works within such a short period is rare in the history of academic publishing in China. Since its release, numerous institutions and individuals have rushed to order it. Graduate and undergraduate students regard the Collection as a valuable guide and companion, while teachers of all ages consider it a source of knowledge renewal. Practical evidence shows that the Collection, launched by FLTRP, has received widespread acclaim from the domestic linguistic and foreign language teaching communities. It will become a treasure trove for advancing linguistic teaching, research, foreign language teaching, and research in China. Building on the success of the first batch of 54 titles, FLTRP is now introducing the second batch of 58 titles. The second batch of the Collection features five key characteristics:
1. Comprising 58 original English-language works, it covers 33 disciplines, an increase from the first batch's 26, including newly added fields such as the history of linguistics, philosophy of language, cognitive linguistics, anthropological linguistics, the origins of language, and chemical grammar theory, thereby more comprehensively meeting readers' needs;
2. It includes influential works by renowned contemporary linguistic masters such as Saussure, Sapir, Bloomfield, Halliday, Chomsky, Austin, Grice, and Leech, ensuring higher authority;
3. It incorporates classic linguistic works published by world-renowned publishers such as Oxford University Press and Harvard University Press;
4. It continues to feature expert introductions, with an even stronger team of experts than the first batch;
5. It is prefaced by the world-famous linguist Professor Noam Chomsky and the renowned Chinese linguist Professor Jia Xianhan.
This Collection is a large-scale, open-ended series that will actively promote the development of linguistic teaching and research, as well as foreign language teaching and research, in China. In the future, FLTRP will continue to introduce works, striving to provide readers with the latest and most influential linguistic and applied linguistic books from abroad.