Language and Linguistics: An Introduction to the Study of Language

ISBN-10: 0435289314
ISBN-13: 9780435289317
Series: Language and Linguistics
Pages: 184
Language: English
Published: 1969
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Author: Jean F. Wallwork

Description

This book demands no previous knowledge of linguistics but introduces some of the main topics with which linguistic studies deal. It includes a discussion of the nature and functions of language, the differences between spoken and written forms, phonetics, structure, some aspects of meaning, the role of language in education, the teaching of languages and language change.