All About Language

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...an attractive, readable introduction to the English Language and a welcome addition to the increasing range of titles which will persuade people that language merits closer scrutiny in its own right. * Tim Connell, The Times Literary Supplement * This is a textbook and a very good one...an easy, conversational style that makes the highly complex and intricate nature of language seem quite explicable. * Steven Carroll The Age (Melbourne) * An informative and highly readable overview of basic linguistic ideas and debates. Barry Blake succeeds in making complex concepts accessible to beginning students without talking down to them. If I hadn't retired last year, I'd very likely use the book myself as a text in the undergraduate-level introduction to linguistics. * Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington and University of British Columbia * A stimulating introduction to linguistics and language study. All About Language is clearly written and contains a wealth of thought-provoking and interesting examples taken from English as well as from other languages, including signing. It has a nicely judged set of topics that cover an enormous range in a short space. * Keith Brown, University of Cambridge * An informative and highly readable supplement of cognitive science which provides a very good summary of the language topic. * Florian RA?ser, Jutsus-Liebig University Giessen *