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The Study of Language

by George Yule

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4th

ISBN13:

9780521749220

ISBN10:

0521749220

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Pub. Date:

4/12/2010

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Cambridge University Press

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This textbook is a good basic introduction to the field of Linguistics. Most of the subfields of Linguistics are covered. The introductory passages for the separate chapters were well chosen for their diversity and humor. This textbook can be used as a textbook for undergraduate cl[censored] and as an introductory book for general. It doesn't have any chapter to skip, and is not too lengthy. I rented this rental textbook for a class and I've found it to be the most readable and practical linguistics textbook.

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Summary

This best-selling textbook provides an engaging and user-friendly introduction to the study of language. Assuming no prior knowledge in the subject, Yule presents information in short, bite-sized sections, introducing the major concepts in language study - from how children learn language to why men and women speak differently, through all the key elements of language. This fourth edition has been revised and updated with twenty new sections, covering new accounts of language origins, the key properties of language, text messaging, kinship terms and more than twenty new word etymologies. To increase student engagement with the text, Yule has also included more than fifty new tasks, including thirty involving data analysis, enabling students to apply what they have learned. The online study guide offers students further resources when working on the tasks, while encouraging lively and proactive learning. This is the most fundamental and easy-to-use introduction to the study of language.

The origins of language
Animals and human language
The sounds of language
The sound patterns of language
Word-formation
Morphology
Grammar
Syntax
Semantics
Pragmatics
Discourse analysis
Language and the brain
First language acquisition
Second language acquisition/learning
Gestures and sign languages
Writing
Language history and change
Language and regional variation
Language and social variation
Language and culture
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