Books in the Arnold Student Reference series

This dictionary covers central terms in the core areas of linguistics - pronunciation, word structure, sentence structure, meaning, - and the key terms encountered in the study of the social, anthropological, psychological and neurological aspects of language.

If cultural theory is a minefield, this book is a route map through that field. Prepared by an international team of scholars, the entries in this book provide accessible introductions to the key cultural theorists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The difficulty for students and new entrants to the industry is that the day-to-day working language, the customised roles and the deployment of skills and specialist activities can seem at first daunting and impenetrable. This guide helps in understanding how the media works and how people in the media talk to each other about their industry.