The Study of Language
Including a new chapter on pragmatics, and an expansion of the chapter on semantics, this revised and updated edition incorporates many changes that reflect developments in language study over the past decade. It also has many more illustrations, examples, and quotes.
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The Study of Language
Including a new chapter on pragmatics, and an expansion of the chapter on semantics, this revised and updated edition incorporates many changes that reflect developments in language study over the past decade. It also has many more illustrations, examples, and quotes.
36.99 In Stock
The Study of Language

The Study of Language

by George Yule
The Study of Language

The Study of Language

by George Yule

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Overview

Including a new chapter on pragmatics, and an expansion of the chapter on semantics, this revised and updated edition incorporates many changes that reflect developments in language study over the past decade. It also has many more illustrations, examples, and quotes.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781107658172
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 03/10/2014
Edition description: Older Edition
Pages: 334
Product dimensions: 7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

George Yule has taught linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Hawai'i, the University of Minnesota and Louisiana State University.

Table of Contents

1. The Origins of Language; 2. Animals and Human Language; 3. The Sounds of Language; 4. The Sound Patterns of Language; 5. Word Formation; 6. Morphology; 7. Grammar; 8. Syntax; 9. Semantics; 10. Pragmatics; 11. Discourse Analysis; 12. Language and the Brain; 13. First Language Acquisition; 14. Second Language Acquisition; 15. Gestures and Sign Languages; 16. Written Language; 17. Language History and Change; 18. Regional Variation in Language; 19. Social Variation in Language; 20. Language and Culture.
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