Introducing English Linguistics/ Charles F.Meyer
Material type:
TextPublication details: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: x, 259 p. ill.; 26 cm. BookISBN: - 978-0-511-54007-3
- DUCE PE1075 .M5995
| Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books | DUCE LIBRARY | DUCE PE1075 .M5995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Link to resource | Available |
Browsing DUCE LIBRARY shelves Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
| DUCE PE1065 P73 Practical english language teaching: young learners/ | DUCE PE1065 P73 Practical english language teaching: young learners/ | DUCE PE 1068 Visions: language literature content/ | DUCE PE1075 .M5995 Introducing English Linguistics/ | DUCE PE1075 A54 The origins and development of the english language/ | DUCE PE1075 A54 The origins and development of the english language/ | DUCE PE1075 A54 The origins and development of the english language/ |
Includes References and index.
This chapter provides an overview of how linguists approach
the study of language. It describes language as one of many
different systems of communication, a system that is unique
to human beings and different from, for instance, the
systems of communication that animals employ. Language
exists in three modes: speech, writing, and signs (which are
used by people who are deaf). Although all languages (with
the exception of sign languages) exist in spoken form, only
some have written forms. To study language, linguists focus
on two levels of description: pragmatics, the study of how
context (both social and linguistic) affects language use,
and grammar, the description of how humans form linguis
tic structures, from the level of sound up to the sentence.
There are no comments on this title.