How to Study Linguistics: A Guide to Understanding Language: 117 2nd Edition

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How to Study Linguistics: A Guide to Understanding Language: 117 2nd Edition

Author(s): Geoffrey Finch (Author), Martin Coyle (Editor), John Peck (Editor)

  • Publisher: Palgrave
  • Publication Date: 20 Feb. 2003
  • Edition: 2nd
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 260 pages
  • ISBN-10: 1403901066
  • ISBN-13: 9781403901064

Book Description

Intended primarily for newcomers to the subject, but with new material designed to help the more advanced reader, How to Study Linguistics is written in a refreshing and engaging style. It assumes no prior knowledge and contains many useful suggestions fo

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From the Back Cover

If you are new to linguistics as a subject and beginning a course at undergraduate or sixth-form level, How to Study Linguistics is the ideal introduction and companion to your studies.

– Covers all the core areas of linguistic study, with chapters discussing strategies for studying phonology, syntax and semantics
– Explores other branches of linguistics such as sociolinguistics, stylistics, and psycholinguistics
– Includes a chapter on writing linguistics essays and a detailed glossary to aid learning and revision
– Second edition includes new material designed to help the more advanced reader

How to Study Linguistics is both a guide to current ideas about linguistics and a refreshingly practical text book. It will not only develop your skills as a language student, but will also make an often complex and daunting subject easy to understand, and a pleasure to study.

About the Author

GEOFFREY FINCH is Senior Lecturer in Humanities at Anglia Polytechnic University, UK.; John Peck is now retired and was formerly Reader in Victorian Literature at Cardiff University, UK.; Martin Coyle is Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University, UK.

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