Linguistics by Anne E. Baker, Kees Hengeveld - 9780631230359

LinguisticsAuthor(s): Anne E. Baker, Kees Hengeveld\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780631230359, 978-0631230359\nSynopsis\nLinguistics is a comprehensive crosslinguistic introduction to the study of language, and is ideal for students with no background in linguistics.\n\nA comprehensive introduction to the study of language, set apart by its inclusion of cross-linguistic data from over 80 different spoken and signed languages\nExplores how language works by examining discourse, sentence-structure, meaning, words, and sounds\nIntroduces psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic issues, including language acquisition, neurolinguistics, language variation, language change, language contact, and multilingualism\nWritten in a problem-oriented style to engage readers, and is ideal for those new to the subject\nIncorporates numerous student-friendly features throughout, including extensive exercises, summaries, assignmed