Understanding Language: An Introduction to Linguistics

Roger Fowler

ISBN 10: 1032213264 / ISBN 13: 9781032213262

Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2023

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• Titolo: Understanding Language: An Introduction to Linguistics
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1032213264
• ISBN 13: 9781032213262
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

It is widely recognized that language is humanity’s most distinctive and valuable faculty. In this work, originally published in 1974, Roger Fowler explains the character and absorbing interest of language. Designed as an introductory text for students and others concerned with human communication, the book is clearly and concisely written, yet it in no way oversimplifies its rich and complicated subject.

The opening chapters set the scene by a discussion of the power of language in the social and psychological life of a man, while the main body of the book is an introduction to linguistics, the science of language study. Coverage is provided of the main topics in linguistic description – semantics, syntax, phonetics – as well as of the functions of language, its status in society and its relation to the individual. The reader is invited to participate in some advanced thinking within an up-to-date and consistent linguistic theory. Particular attention is given to the individual as language-learner, since the process of language acquisition illuminates most clearly the naturalness and the complexity of language.

The author’s arguments are illustrated with hundreds of examples from English and other languages. Suggestions for further reading are included in the exposition, and the reader who follows the arguments and pursues the carefully arranged bibliographical recommendations will acquire a substantial insight into contemporary linguistics – the most important and advanced of the modern human sciences.

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Roger Fowler