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Invest Lang Probs in Linguistics: Central Problems in Linguistics (The Language Library) - Softcover

Wardhaugh, Ronald

 
9780631187547: Invest Lang Probs in Linguistics: Central Problems in Linguistics (The Language Library)

Synopsis

This book is intended for anyone with a serious interest in language, but particularly for students taking introductory courses in language and linguistics. It is not a catalogue of facts and theories but a book about ideas and issues. Rather than summarize the range of research being conducted in linguistics today, it explores a number of the fundamental key questions which concern linguists, they are treated in way that is as accessible as possible. The book includes a glossary of technical terms and a chapter outlining the way language is described in generative grammar.

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About the Author

Ronald Wardhaugh is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto.

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This book is intended for anyone with a serious interest in language, but particularly for students taking introductory courses in language and linguistics. It is not a catalogue of facts and theories but a book about ideas and issues. Rather than summarize the range of research being conducted in linguistics today, it explores a number of the fundamental key questions which concern linguists, they are treated in way that is as accessible as possible. The book includes a glossary of technical terms and a chapter outlining the way language is described in generative grammar.

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This book is intended for anyone with a serious interest in language, but particularly for students taking introductory courses in language and linguistics. It is not a catalogue of facts and theories but a book about ideas and issues. Rather than summarize the range of research being conducted in linguistics today, it explores a number of the fundamental key questions which concern linguists, they are treated in way that is as accessible as possible. The book includes a glossary of technical terms and a chapter outlining the way language is described in generative grammar.

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9780631187530: Investigating Language: Central Problems in Linguistics (The Language Library)

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ISBN 10:  0631187537 ISBN 13:  9780631187530
Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1993
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