Language and Linguistics
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This 1981 book is a general introduction to linguistics and the study of language, intended particularly for beginning students and readers with no previous knowledge or training in the subject. There is first a general account of the nature of language and of the aims, methods and basic principles of linguistic theory. John Lyons then introduces in turn each of the main sub-fields of linguistics: the sounds of language, grammar, semantics, language change, psycholinguistics: the sounds of language, grammar, semantics,…
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511809859
- Subjects English Language and Linguistics: General Interest,Language and Linguistics
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 29 May 1981
- ISBN: 9780521297752
- Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 0.42kg
- Page extent: 370 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9780511809859
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