TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGregor,William
TI  - Linguistics: an introduction 
SN  - 9781847063663
AV  - P121 .M34 2009
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Continuum
KW  - Linguistics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-369) and index; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Conventions Used in Examples; 1 Introduction; Part I: LANGUAGE: SYSTEM AND STRUCTURE; 2 Sounds of Language: Phonetics and Phonology; 3 Structure of Words: Morphology; 4 Lexicon; 5 Structure of Sentences: Syntax; 6 Meaning; Part II: LANGUAGE: A HUMAN PHENOMENON; 7 Sociolinguistics: Language in Its Social Context; 8 Psycholinguistics: Language, the Mind and the Brain; 9 Language Acquisition; 10 Language in Its Biological Context; Part III: LANGUAGE: UNIFORMITY AND DIVERSITY; 11 Unity and Diversity in Language Structure; 12 Language Change; 13 Languages of the World; Glossary; A; B; References; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Language Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; P; R; S; T; W; Y; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
N2  - Linguistics is a fresh and contemporary introductory textbook for all students of linguistics and language studies. Firmly based around taught courses and catering to student needs, it addresses all the topics that a student will need in their initial and subsequent study of language. With key terms, further reading, questions at the end of each chapter, exercises and key paragraphs in stand-out boxes, this is a firmly pedagogic text that takes difficult concepts and explains them in an easy to understand way, with examples taken from a range of languages across the world. Global in its scope
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