An Introduction to Linguistics

Stuart C Poole

ISBN 10: 0333692187 / ISBN 13: 9780333692189

Published by Springer Verlag Gmbh Feb 1999, 1999

About this Item

Neuware - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to Linguistics
• Publisher: Springer Verlag Gmbh Feb 1999
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333692187
• ISBN 13: 9780333692189
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antiguedad podria contener señales normales de uso

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.