What is this thing called language?
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What is this thing called language?
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-225) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Written in a friendly style, drawing on a wide range of anecdotes from the author's own experience, this book provides an ideal starting point for those approaching language study. Nunan's enthusiasm and the immediacy of his examples offer students a thought-provoking way into the basics of study such as syntax, morphology and phonology. Raising awareness about the different ways language is used, this book provides a solid linguistic framework and lots of suggestions for where to find out more.
Table of Contents
Introduction What is This Thing called Language? The Sound System The Lexical System The Grammatical System Doing Things With Spoken Language Doing Things With Written Language A First Language Language at Play The Future of Language Postscript Key figures Glossary Index
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