| View Larger Image | Teach Yourself Linguistics | Paperbackby Jean Aitchison (Author), Jean Aitchison (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | McGraw-Hill | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 272 Pages | | Publication Date: | January 26, 2004 | | Sales Rank: | 79,401th |
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Teach Yourself Linguistics is a straightforward introduction to linguistics, the systematic study that seeks to answer two fundamental questions: "What is language?" and "How does language work?" This book outlines the scope of linguistics, explaining the basic concepts and essential terminology. It discusses sound patterning, syntax, and meaning, as well as the rapidly growing areas of pragmatics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and stylistics. And it explores language and linguistic typology, as well as contemporary uses of language and style in literature, advertising, and newspapers. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 4 reviews)
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EXCELLENT book by B. Vaughan (South Carolina)  5 Stars
November 05, 2009
This book is very well written in a way that is easy to grasp. For me at least, this is a book I can sit down and just read. It is very thorough, and provides a lot of information on how linguistics works, what it is, and explains the technical terms providing exampels mostly in english, but also uses some latin and compares English with German some at one point. It goes through some of the major theories and schools of thought and also different applications for linguistics. For example, it talks about psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics, which are fields of psychology and sociology concerning language. It also talks about the anthropological, literary, and other applications and fields of linguistic science. I recommend this book highly to anyone interested in language.
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Excellent handbook by Timothy Tiller (Omaha Nebraska) 5 Stars
May 04, 2009
Only 250 small pages, yet it gives you a very good overview of linguistics, and is written in an easy to digest style, with lots of diagrammatic illustrations to boost your understanding. It could also be used as a quick look up reference book.
In Part 5 of the book, you will find simple but quality explanations on Universal Grammer, Deep Structure, Transformations, etc. And it gives an excellent overview of how one theory has led to another, such as, how Noam Chomsky has come all the way to the Minimalist approach today, its very instructive, without being swamped in details!
Highly recommended and cost less than $12.00!
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Great intro... by Chris A. Christopherson (Provo, UT USA) 5 Stars
April 28, 2008
I'm about halfway through this book and have really enjoyed it so far. It gives a good overview of what linguistics is all about and describes the different branches of the science pretty well. It does this without digging into a bunch of jargon and unnecessary complication that one might get in a more specific text.
I especially like the description of the various "lenses" that linguists view language through. I'm very interested in linguistics (at least certain branches of it) and this book has given me a good idea of where my interests fit into the broader field. It also gives some good historic facts, goes through the development of linguistics, and talks about how all of the various subfields fit together into a comprehensive science.
If you are at all interested in languages and/or you're into learning (or analyzing) them, you should read this book to get a broader appreciation of the science that studies languages not only from the "micro" level (as language learners do), but from a broad scientific level. As a language learner myself, I found this to be an interesting general overview with more than enough specifics to satisfy my curiosity about linguistics.
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Simple but not dumb by Tom Reynolds (Wuhan, China) 5 Stars
November 23, 2004
Aitchison has written a superb book that is both highly informative and easily read. I would highly recommend this for those who are new to the field of linguistics or who are studying it in a second language.
This book is laid out in relation to a pattern of moving from the inner core of linguistics (phonetics and phonology) outwards through syntax, semantics, and pragmatics to the various fields of linguistics research. Chapters on sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and the idea of a universal grammar are included but with simple titles such as "Language and Society." The strength of this book lies in its uncomplicated explanations of these fields.
Each chapter includes questions for review that are useful in teaching yourself or for assigning to a class. The end of the book includes a selection of further readings arranged by category which many will find useful.
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