Linguistics: An Introduction

By William B. McGregor

Book Overview

"""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 and comprehensive in its coverage, this is the textbook of choice for linguistics students.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847063675
• ISBN13: 9781847063670
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 1.0" x 7.4"