How Languages Work An Introduction to Language and Linguistics
This new introduction to linguistics presents language in all its amazing complexity, while guiding students gently through the basics. Students emerge with an appreciation of the diversity of the world's languages as well as a deeper understanding of the structure of language, and its broader...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cambridge University Press
2014
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Summary: | This new introduction to linguistics presents language in all its amazing complexity, while guiding students gently through the basics. Students emerge with an appreciation of the diversity of the world's languages as well as a deeper understanding of the structure of language, and its broader social and cultural context. |
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Physical Description: | xxvii, 647 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [627]-637) and index |
ISBN: | 9780521174688 9780521767446 |