Linguistics
4th Edition
Published on 4. June 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-340-55938-3 (ISBN)
Description
One of the "Teach Yourself" series, this text on linguistics includes sections on speech disorders, politeness, the language of advertising and phonetics.
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Series
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
line drawings, further reading list, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 129 mm
Width: 199 mm
Weight
265 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-55938-3 (9780340559383)
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Jean Aitchison
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Content
Part 1 Starting out: what is linguistics?; what is language?; the study of language; deciding where to begin. Part 2 The inner circles: sound patterns; words and pieces of words; sentence patterns; meaning. Part 3 The outer rings: using language; language and society; language and mind. Part 4 Changes and comparisons: language change; comparing languages. Part 5 Towards a universal grammar: seeking a suitable framework; trouble with transformations; the new-look grammar.