Language research

Author: George Yule
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: Language Research is an introductory textbook specifically designed for beginners in linguistics. The book is divided into twenty-one chapters. The author presents a detailed and comprehensive introduction to human research on language from a scientific and objective perspective, covering almost all areas of linguistic research. Some fields are even divided very finely, such as word formation and morphology being given separate chapters, grammar and syntax also being given separate chapters, and pragmatics and discourse analysis also being covered in two chapters. The language throughout the book is straightforward and easy to understand, avoiding the use of obscure or intimidating terminology. To facilitate learning, each chapter is also accompanied by numerous thought questions and exercises.