Describing language
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Describing language
Open University Press, 1994
2nd ed
- : pbk
Available at / 23 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Bibliography: p. [236]-244
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A student introduction to descriptive linguistics, Describing Language is essentially practical in its orientation. It is useful for anyone who wishes to refer to technical literature involving linguistic description, who requires a basic conceptual framework and technical vocabulary with which to discuss language, and who needs to make elementary but principled descriptions and analyses of real data (such as classroom interaction or counselling sessions). Topics covered include phonetics, prosody, word structure, syntax, text and discourse structure, word and utterance meaning, and non-verbal behaviour.
Includes an accessible introduction to both Chomsky's Universal Grammar and Halliday's Systemic Grammar. It is an invaluable textbook for students across the social sciences.
Table of Contents
The nature of language
the sounds of language
sentence and word structure
meaning
writing systems
face to face interaction
discourse and text
by "Nielsen BookData"