Language and Linguistics

by John Lyons

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521297753
• ISBN13: 9780521297752
• Release Date: May 1981
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"