Watching TV with a Linguist

"A book like this ought to be available for instruction in linguistics and television studies, media studies, and cultural studies."—professor of English, Indiana University

"This is an excellent book, which is innovative in its conceptualization, and expertly edited. . . . A must-read for the budding linguist and TV-enthusiast."—senior lecturer, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney

"Watching TV with a Linguist encourages listeners to engage in active listening and provides excellent suggestions on ways to do it. . . . Because it provides another way to open our eyes and ears to the phenomena that is language, the book is extremely valuable."—Voice and Speech Review

"An interesting and very readable book that aims to provide an introduction to the study of English language and linguistics through the medium of popular television programmes."—English in Education Journal

"While serving as a great means to teach linguistics through known and accessible texts, Watching TV with a Linguist also gives the reader a language with which to discuss these linguistic phenomena that are familiar but often not addressed because viewers lack a common language with which to describe them."—The Popular Culture Studies Journal

"A book like this ought to be available for instruction in linguistics and television studies, media studies, and cultural studies."—Michael Adams, professor of English, Indiana University

"This is an excellent book, which is innovative in its conceptualization, and expertly edited. . . . A must-read for the budding linguist and TV-enthusiast."—Monika Bednarek, senior lecturer, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney