Introducing Linguistics Theoretical and Applied Approaches
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Everything we do involves language. Assuming no prior knowledge, this book offers students a contemporary introduction to the study of language. Each thought-provoking chapter is accessible to readers from a variety of fields, and is helpfully organized across six parts: sound; structure and meaning; language typologies and change; language and social aspects; language acquisition; and language, cognition, and the brain. The book's companion website also offers three brief chapters on language and computers; animal communication; and dialectal varieties of English.…
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Key features
- An up-to-date, thought-provoking introduction to linguistics that is accessible to all learners
- 'Linguistics Tidbits' and 'Eyes on World Languages' boxes provide colourful accents, giving real language data from around the world and making complex theories more accessible to students from non-Science backgrounds
- Incorporates accessible discourse about prominent theories and application to linguistics along with practice problems that solidify knowledge of such approaches
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108696784
- Subjects English Language and Linguistics: General Interest,Language and Linguistics
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 21 January 2021
- ISBN: 9781108482554
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 1.51kg
- Page extent: 638 pages
- Availability: In stock
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 21 January 2021
- ISBN: 9781108710657
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 1.37kg
- Page extent: 626 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 22 April 2021
- ISBN: 9781108696784
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