Linguistics

by Victoria Fromkin

"Linguistics: An Introduction to Linguistic Theory is a textbook written for undergraduate and graduate students of linguistic theory. Twelve major figures bring their expertise to each of the core areas of the field - morphology, syntax, semantics, phonetics, phonology, and language acquisition.". "The book is concerned with discussing the underlying principles common to all languages, showing how these are revealed in language acquisition and in the specific grammars of the world's languages. Theoretical concepts are introduced through the analysis of a wide set of language data from...

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