How to Study Linguistics: A Guide to Study Linguistics - Softcover

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Finch, Geoffrey

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9781403901064: How to Study Linguistics: A Guide to Study Linguistics
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ISBN 10: 1403901066 ISBN 13: 9781403901064
Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2003

Synopsis

If you are new to linguistics as a subject and beginning a course at undergraduate or sixth-form level, How to Study Linguistics is the ideal introduction and companion to your studies.

- Covers all the core areas of linguistic study, with chapters discussing strategies for studying phonology, syntax and semantics.
- Explores other branches of linguistics such as sociolinguistics, stylistics, and psycholinguistics.
- Includes a chapter on writing linguistics essays and a detailed glossary to aid learning and revision.
- Second edition includes new material designed to help the more advanced reader.

How to Study Linguistics is both a guide to current ideas about linguistics and a refreshingly practical text book. It will not only develop your skills as a language student, but will also make an often complex and daunting subject easy to understand, and a pleasure to study.

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About the Author

GEOFFREY FINCH has taught English at universities in New Zealand and Nigeria and is Senior Lecturer in English at Anglia Polytechnic University, where he lectures and writes on both language and literature. He is the author of Linguistic Terms and Concepts and Word of Mouth.
GEOFFREY FINCH has taught English at universities in New Zealand and Nigeria and is Senior Lecturer in English at Anglia Polytechnic University, where he lectures and writes on both language and literature. He is the author of Linguistic Terms and Concepts and Word of Mouth.

From the Back Cover

If you are new to linguistics as a subject and beginning a course at undergraduate or sixth-form level, How to Study Linguistics is the ideal introduction and companion to your studies.

· Covers all the core areas of linguistic study, with chapters discussing strategies for studying phonology, syntax and semantics
· Explores other branches of linguistics such as sociolinguistics, stylistics, and psycholinguistics
· Includes a chapter on writing linguistics essays and a detailed glossary to aid learning and revision
· Second edition includes new material designed to help the more advanced reader

How to Study Linguistics is both a guide to current ideas about linguistics and a refreshingly practical text book. It will not only develop your skills as a language student, but will also make an often complex and daunting subject easy to understand, and a pleasure to study.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Red Globe Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1403901066
ISBN 13 
9781403901064
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
272
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