Language : Introductory Readings (5 Revised edition)

Language: Introductory Readings offers forty-four thematically arranged readings on crucial topics in linguistics.

This new edition offers fourteen new selections and five commissioned selections have been specially updated.

Substantial apparatus incudes part introductions, head- notes for each selection, and selected bibliographies and projects for each part.

The book provides a broad overview for all students of linguistics and reflects recent ideas and developments in the field.