An Introduction to Linguistics

ISBN-13: 9780333692189 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 224 str.

Stuart Poole

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Preface.- What is Language?.- Lexis.- Semantics.- Phonetics.- Phonology.- Morphology.- Syntax.- Regional Variation.- Social Variation.- Historical Linguistics.- The Languages of Western Europe.- Writing Systems.- Glossary.- Guide to Exercises.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

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.