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This book is intended for anyone with a serious interest in language, but particularly for students taking introductory courses in language and linguistics. It is not a catalogue of facts and theories but a book about ideas and issues. Rather than summarize the range of research being conducted in linguistics today, it explores a number of the fundamental key questions which concern linguists, they are treated in way that is as accessible as possible. The book includes a glossary of technical terms and a chapter outlining the way language is described in generative grammar.

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"A most readable guide to the questions, data and theories of contemporary linguistics." Charles W. Kreidler, Georgetown University

"The competing paradigms for investigating language are introduced with great skill and without unnecessary technical details or jargon. I enjoyed reading it." Broj B. Kachru, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.



Table of Contents
Preface.

1. How we might talk about 'talk'?.

2. Do only Humans Talk?.

3. Are we 'wired' for language?.

4. Does the mind matter?.

5. Why do languages Vary?.

6. Of what use is Language?.

7. How do we 'learn' a language?.

8. Describing language.

Glossary of Language terms.

Further reading.

References.

Index.

Investigating Language

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    A Paperback / softback by Ronald Wardhaugh

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 1 June 1993
      ISBN-13 9780631187547
      978-0631187547
      ISBN-10 0631187545
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      Language: reference and general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is intended for anyone with a serious interest in language, but particularly for students taking introductory courses in language and linguistics. It is not a catalogue of facts and theories but a book about ideas and issues. Rather than summarize the range of research being conducted in linguistics today, it explores a number of the fundamental key questions which concern linguists, they are treated in way that is as accessible as possible. The book includes a glossary of technical terms and a chapter outlining the way language is described in generative grammar.

      Trade Review
      "A most readable guide to the questions, data and theories of contemporary linguistics." Charles W. Kreidler, Georgetown University

      "The competing paradigms for investigating language are introduced with great skill and without unnecessary technical details or jargon. I enjoyed reading it." Broj B. Kachru, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.



      Table of Contents
      Preface.

      1. How we might talk about 'talk'?.

      2. Do only Humans Talk?.

      3. Are we 'wired' for language?.

      4. Does the mind matter?.

      5. Why do languages Vary?.

      6. Of what use is Language?.

      7. How do we 'learn' a language?.

      8. Describing language.

      Glossary of Language terms.

      Further reading.

      References.

      Index.

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