Invitation to Linguistics

ISBN: 978-0-631-14176-1

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196 pages

August 1993, Wiley-Blackwell

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explains what linguistics is, why it appeals, how it works, what issues it confronts and the practical impact it can have on our social and professional lives
asks how language began, if we can think without it, and if it is unique to humans anyway
shows how the study of this wide-ranging subject can help society solve problems of literacy and language learning, facilitate the treatment of speech pathologies, and wipe out out-dated prejudices against non-standard speech and minority languages.
Wide-ranging, realistic and provoking, this is a book that students thinking of studying lingusitics, or just launched on their courses, will read for enjoyment as well as instruction: a combination that makes it ideal, too, for anyone interested in words -- from crossword fanatics to anthropologists