For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics - Softcover

Burridge, Kate; Stebbins, Tonya N.

 
9781108701013: For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics

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An engaging introduction to human language and the role of linguistics in understanding its fundamental design, acquisition and functions.

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Kate Burridge is Professor of Linguistics in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University, Victoria, and a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Her main areas of research are grammatical change in Germanic languages, the Pennsylvania German spoken by Amish/Mennonite communities in North America, the notion of linguistic taboo, popular perceptions about language, and the structure and history of English. She is a regular presenter of language segments on radio and TV.

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