This book is a compact and easy-to-use introduction toEnglish linguistics which

- is tailored to the needs of students of English at German,Austrian and Swiss universities,

- contains graded exercises to motivate students to carryout independent research, and

- bridges the gap between linguistics and the literary andcultural-studies components of the typical BA in EnglishStudiesbachelor-wissen English Linguistics goes beyond the usualintroduction in offering accompanying web resources whichprovide additional material and multi-media illustration

For this second edition the references and web-links havebeen updated.