Linguistics: Why It Matters

by Geoffrey K. Pullum

Book Overview

Language is the medium in which we humans compose our thoughts, explain our thinking, construct our arguments, and create works of literature. Without language, societies as complex as ours could not exist.

Geoffrey Pullum offers a stimulating introduction to the many ways in which linguistics, as the scientific study of language, matters. With its close relationships to psychology, education, philosophy, and computer science, the subject...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509530762
• ISBN13: 9781509530762
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.8" x 7.4"