Understanding Language: A Basic Course in Linguistics - Softcover

Winkler, Elizabeth Grace

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826484832 ISBN 13: 9780826484833

Verlag: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Understanding Language is an introduction to linguistics aimed at non-major undergraduate students who are new to the subject. The book is comprehensive in its coverage of the key areas of linguistics, yet explains these in an easy to understand, jargon-free way. Pictures, jokes, diagrams, tables and suggestions for further reading make this an accessible, student friendly guide which should enable students to navigate this often complicated area of study. Topics covered include language acquisition; speech sounds; the make-up of words; grammar; meaning; communication; the history of English; language variation and change.

This is an essential introduction for students who are taking linguistics at university, whether as their core subject of study, as a non-major or as a bridge between school and undergraduate.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Elizabeth Winkler is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Western Kentucky University, USA.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0826484832
• ISBN 13: 9780826484833
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 255
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