An introduction to language description / by John Rhoades.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rhoades, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book introduces the basic systems of language, and examines how these can be investigated and described. The systems of organizing speech sounds (phonology), meaning (lexical semantics), and grammar (morphology and syntax) are described, along with methods of figuring these out for other languages. The text will foster a deep appreciation in the reader of the fact that language is patterned and that these patterns can be discovered. To this end, problems using actual language data are pr...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; BIBLIOGRAPHY; EXERCISES FOR CHAPTERS TWO-FIVE; SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 7, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6311-4

OCLC:

882778544