This book is a self-contained introduction to language andlinguistics. suitable for use as a textbook and for self-study.Written by a team of distinguished linguists, it offers a unifiedapproach to language from several perspectives. A language is acomplex structure represented in the minds of its speakers, andthis book provides the tools necessary for understanding thisstructure, It explains basic concepts and recent theoretical ideasin the major aresa of linguistics (phonetics, phonology,morphology, syntax and semantics), as well as the applications ofthese to the study of child laguage acquisition, psycholinguistics,language disorders and sociolinguistics. The book is divided intothree parts: sounds, words and sentences. In each of these parts,the foundational concepts are introduced along with theirapplications in the above fields. giving this book a clear andunique structure. Each section is accompanied by extensiveexercises and guidance on further reading. The authors all teach atthe department of Lang
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