
- 416 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Linguistics: An Introduction
About this book
This is the new edition of Linguistics: An Introduction. It is a bestselling introductory textbook for all students of linguistics and language studies. This reworked edition features:
-new chapters on sign languages, writing, and text and discourse
-coverage of writing in electronic media
-revised and updated chapters on languages of the world and psycholinguistics Firmly based around taught courses and catering to student needs, it addresses all the topics that a student will need in their study of language. With key terms, further reading, questions at the end of each chapter, exercises and key paragraphs in stand-out boxes, this is a firmly pedagogic text that takes difficult concepts and explains them in an easy to understand way. It features examples taken from a range of languages across the world. Global in its scope and comprehensive in its coverage, this is the textbook of choice for linguistics students. The book comes with a large Companion Website, also extensively revised and expanded. For lecturers and instructors, a comprehensive Answer Book is also available to go along with the questions throughout the chapters.
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Table of contents
- FC
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Toc
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Conventions Used in Examples
- 1. Introduction
- Part I: Language: System and Structure
- Part II: Language: A Human Phenomenon
- Part III: Language: Uniformity and Diversity
- Glossary
- References
- Index of Language
- Index of Names
- Index
- Copyright Page