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Introducing Linguistics: A Graphic Guide

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Introducing Linguistics: A Graphic Guide

Contributors:

By (Author) R. L. Trask
Illustrated by Bill Mayblin

ISBN:

9781848310889

Publisher:

Icon Books

Imprint:

Icon Books

Publication Date:

23rd October 2009

UK Publication Date:

3rd September 2009

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

410

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

176

Dimensions:

Width 118mm, Height 168mm, Spine 15mm

Weight:

159g

Description

More than anything else, language is what makes us human. Linguistics, the discipline which studies the structure, function, and phenomena of lanuage, has uncovered many surprising and fascinating things about the nature of our human language faculty. This book dymystifies linguistics, presenting a history of language from Aristotle to Chomsky.

Author Bio

RL Trask was a professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex. A hugely acclaimed specialist in historical linguistics, his work on the Basque language made him among the world' s foremost authorities on the subject. He died in 2004. Bill Mayblin trained as a graphic designer at the Royal College of Art in London. He is also the illustrator for Logic, Derrida and Empiricism.

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