General Linguistics

Author: Pei Wen
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: General Linguistics provides the basic concepts, theories, models, and methods for language research. This book takes Chinese, English, French, Sanskrit, Japanese, and 32 other languages as its primary objects of observation, presenting the fundamental methods and principles for observing, perceiving, and analyzing language. The author raises numerous unproven or unexplained questions in the field of General Linguistics in this book, not only to help learners understand the individual goals of existing academic achievements but also to inspire learners to continuously question and identify their research interests and directions within the broader landscape of linguistic research. The book approaches fundamental linguistic questions through a method of inquiry, attempting to provide reasonable explanations for both the established and yet-to-be-established theories in the field of General Linguistics. This approach aims to understand the state of existing languages in the world as well as the basic pathways, goals, and achievements of linguistic theory.