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Chao, Yuen

 
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This is an introduction to the study of language for the non-specialist or beginner in linguistics.

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Descrizione del libro

Professor Chao covers the whole field of language and of modern developments in linguistics, with particular emphasis on those aspects which are likely to be most interesting to the layman. He emphasises the relationship between language and other aspects of human culture and discusses systems of writing, minority languages and problems of translation in this context.

Contenuti

1. Language and the study of language; 2. Phonetics; 3. Phonemics; 4. Vocabulary and grammar; 5. Meaning; 6. Change in language; 7. Languages of the world; 8. Writing; 9. Language and life; 10. Languages in contact; 11. Language technology; 12. Symbolic systems; Suggested further readings; Index.

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