Introducing Linguistics : A Graphic Guide

Robert L. Trask

ISBN 10: 1848310889 / ISBN 13: 9781848310889

Editore: Icon Books Sep 2009, 2009

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Neuware - More than anything else, language is what makes us human. Linguistics, the discipline which studies the structure, function and phenomena of language, has uncovered many surprising and fascinating things about the nature of our human language faculty. But these findings are often presented in opaque technical terminology which hides their simplicity and beauty. Introducing Linguistics demystifies the subject, presenting a clear account of what linguists do, how they go about it, and what they have achieved so far. A summary of the history of linguistics, from Aristotle to Chomsky, includes the chief contributions of its leading figures - Saussure, the Prague Circle, the American structuralists, Sapir, Bloomfield and others.

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• Titolo: Introducing Linguistics : A Graphic Guide
• Editore: Icon Books Sep 2009
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1848310889
• ISBN 13: 9781848310889
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Disegnatore: Mayblin, Bill
• Edizione: terza edizione
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 167 L x 117 A x 15 P (millimetri) 167 millimetri di larghezza per 117 millimetri di altezza per 15 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 128 grammi

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Riassunto

Covering thinkers from Aristotle to Saussure and Chomsky, "Introducing Linguistics" reveals the rules and beauty that underlie language, our most human skill.

Informazioni sull?autore

R.L. Trask was a professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex. A hugely acclaimed specialist in historical linguistics, his work on the Basque language made him among the world's foremost authorities on the subject. He died in 2004. Bill Mayblin trained as a graphic designer at the Royal College of Art in London. He is also the illustrator for Introducing Logic, Derrida and Empiricism.