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- A refreshingly straightforward and nontechnical introduction Takes examples from a wide range of languages
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This lively and wide-ranging textbook provides an invaluable guide to the very nature of language. By covering all major aspects of linguistics - with chapters on semantics (the study of meaning), phonology (the sound systems of languages) and morphology (the structure of words), as well as syntax and social variation - it gives a thorough grounding in the fundamental concepts of language and a practical analysis of its use.
Concise summaries of the areas covered, a variety of texts and topic-related exercises, as well as a helpful glossary, provide further aids to study and revision.
Concise summaries of the areas covered, a variety of texts and topic-related exercises, as well as a helpful glossary, provide further aids to study and revision.
About the author
STUART C. POOLE is co-ordinator of the language programme at the Centre for Continuing Education, University of Edinburgh. He teaches linguistics and Swedish and has published a textbook for Catalan. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Linguists and served for some years as chairman of its Scottish Society.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: An Introduction to Linguistics
Authors: Stuart C. Poole
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27346-1
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Stuart C. Poole 1999
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 224
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Linguistics, general