1st Edition

Learning about Linguistics

By F.C. Stork, J.D.A. Widdowson Copyright 1974
200 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers a workbook approach to linguistics and provides guidelines for the study of language. It aims to give basic information and to indicate something of the background and development of the more important trends in the subject. Each chapter includes exercises which lead the reader outwards from the information given in the text. A list of suggested further reading and references... Read more

Preface.  Language and Linguistics.  Speech Sounds.  Sounds in a System.  From Word to Sentence.  Grammar.  Semantics.  The Acquisition of Language.  Varieties of Language.  Some Practical Applications of Linguistics.

Biography

F. C. Stork, J. D. A. Widdowson