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Describing language /

A student introduction to descriptive linguistics, Describing Language is essentially practical in its orientation. It is useful for anyone who wishes to refer to technical literature involving linguistic description, who requires a basic conceptual framework and technical vocabulary with which to d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graddol, David
Other Authors: Cheshire, Jenny, Swann, Joan
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1994.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The nature of language
  • 2. The sounds of language
  • 3. Sentence and word structure
  • 4. Meaning
  • 5. Writing systems
  • 6. Face-to-face interaction
  • 7. Discourse and text
  • Appendix: answers to activities in Chapter 2.