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Linguistics: A Graphic Guide


Language, it is widely understood, both sets us apart from our fellow creatures and identifies us as uniquely human.

We use language to establish and maintain group membership, to express our emotions, to amuse ourselves and to entertain others, to convey information serious and trivial and exist in a world populated by others. Linguistics is the discipline which studies the structure and functions of both individual languages and the phenomena of language itself.

In spite of early efforts by ancient and medieval scholars, most of our progress in understanding language has come only within the last century, and much of this scholarship is very recent indeed.





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Authors: R.L. Trask & Bill Mayblin
Prices: £6.99/$9.95/C$10.99
Pages: 176 pages
Publication Date: Sep 3, 2009
ISBN: 9781848310889


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Claire

21.10.09 at 10:40AM 

 

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This is a great book which discusses the origins of language and grammar in human beings and how this has evolved over time, explained in easy to understand sections. A good read for anyone interested in language and words!

Rosannagh

21.06.11 at 12:12PM 

 

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This is a great guide for anyone interested in linguistics. It provides concise explanations of the key theories and gives fantastic examples of how linguistic principles are applied in the languages we speak.

I was particularly interested by its examination of conscious standardisation of language (as ongoing in the Basque Country, for example), as well as approaches to linguistic disabilities - a really fascinating read.