Language: The Basics

Trask, R.L.

ISBN 10: 041520089X / ISBN 13: 9780415200899

Published by Routledge, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Language: The Basics

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used; Good

Edition: 2nd Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Language: The Basics provides a concise introduction to the study of language. Written in an engaging and entertaining style, it encourages the reader to think about the way language works. New features include:

* a chapter on 'Language in Use' which introduces pragmatics, metaphor, speech and writing and discourse analysis
* a section on sign language
* a glossary of key terms
* an expanded further reading section
Language: the Basics provides an overview for students and anyone who's ever been accused of splitting an infinitive.

About the Author:

R. L. Trask is Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Sussex and author of A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics (1993), Language Change (1994) and A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology (1995) (all published by Routledge).