Linguistics: An Introduction to the Study of Speech

Author: Sapir E.
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: The first 54 titles of the "Contemporary Collection of Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics" have achieved great success since their release in September 2000. The initial print run of 5,000 sets was in high demand, requiring a second print run of 6,000 sets by October. Publishing such a large-scale collection of linguistic works in just a few months is rare in the history of academic publishing in China. Since its publication, many institutions and individuals have rushed to order it. Graduate and undergraduate students regard the Collection as a valuable guide, while teachers of all ages consider it a source of knowledge renewal. Practice has proven that the Collection, launched by FLTRP, has received widespread praise from the domestic linguistic community and foreign language teaching circles. It will become a treasure trove for advancing linguistic teaching, research, foreign language teaching, and applied linguistics in China. Building on the success of the first 54 titles, FLTRP now presents the second series of 58 titles. The second series features five key characteristics:
1. Comprising 58 original English works, it covers 33 disciplines, an increase from the first series' 26, including newly added fields such as the history of linguistics, philosophy of language, cognitive linguistics, anthropological linguistics, the origins of language, and chemical grammar theory, thereby meeting broader reader needs;
2. Including influential works by renowned contemporary linguists such as Saussure, Sapir, Bloomfield, Halliday, Chomsky, Austin, Grice, and Leech, it maintains higher authority;
3. Adding classic linguistic works published by world-renowned publishers such as Oxford University Press and Harvard University Press;
4. Still featuring expert introductions, with an even stronger team of experts than the first series;
5. Prefaced by the world-famous linguist Professor Noam Chomsky and the renowned Chinese linguist Professor Jia Xianhan.
This Collection is a large-scale, open-ended series that will actively promote linguistic teaching, research, foreign language teaching, and applied linguistics in China. In the future, FLTRP will continue to introduce the latest and most influential works in linguistics and applied linguistics, constantly offering them to readers.