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Author:   William B. McGregor (University of Aarhus, Denmark)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.20cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 25.80cm
Weight:   1.360kg
ISBN:  

9781350164260

ISBN 10:   1350164267
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   21 March 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

List of Maps List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Conventions 1. Introduction Part I: Language: System and Structure 2. Sounds of Language: Phonetics and Phonology 3. Structure of Words: Morphology 4. Lexicon 5. Structure of Sentences: Syntax 6. Meaning Part II: Language in Use 7. Sociolinguistics: Language in its Social Context 8. Text and Discourse 9. Investigating Language and Use: Corpus Linguistics Part III: Language: A Human Phenomenon 10. Language in its Biological Context 11. Psycholinguistics: Language, the Mind and the Brain 12. Language Learning Part IV: Language: Uniformity and Diversity 13. Sign Languages 14. Writing 15. Unity and Diversity of Language Structure 16. Language Change 17. Languages of the World Glossary References Index

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[This book] encompasses the latest research results published by the most prominent linguists from the whole world ... The pedagogical merits make McGregor's Linguistics: An Introduction a special publication ... I wholeheartedly recommend the book to both teachers and students of language. Personally, I am going to take advantage of all the merits this textbook offers in my classroom with students of English philology. -- LINGUIST List (of previous edition)

[This book] encompasses the latest research results published by the most prominent linguists from the whole world ... The pedagogical merits make McGregor's Linguistics: An Introduction a special publication ... I wholeheartedly recommend the book to both teachers and students of language. Personally, I am going to take advantage of all the merits this textbook offers in my classroom with students of English philology. - LINGUIST List (of previous edition)

Author Information

William B. McGregor is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities.

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