Linguistics : an introduction

"Linguistics" is a fresh and contemporary introductory textbook for all students of linguistics and language studies.

Firmly based around taught courses and catering to student needs, it addresses all the topics that a student will need in their initial and subsequent study of language.With key terms, further reading, questions at the end of each chapter, exercises and key paragraphs in stand-out boxes, this is a firmly pedagogic text that takes difficult concepts and explains them in an easy to understand way.

Examples are taken from a range of languages across the world.

Global in its scope and comprehensive in its coverage, this is the textbook of choice for linguistics students.