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This bestselling textbook provides an engaging and user-friendly introduction to the study of language. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, Yule presents information in bite-sized sections, clearly explaining the major concepts in linguistics and all the key elements of language. This eighth edition has been revised and updated throughout, with major changes in the chapters on Origins, Phonetics, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, First and Second Language Acquisition and Culture. There are forty new study questions and over sixty…
Revised and updated throughout, students benefit from up-to-date developments in the field and gain confidence through new questions and tasks
Easy to follow and simple to understand - a concise and fundamental introduction to language study
Provides students with a vocabulary for talking about language and a solid knowledge of how English works
Presents the major concepts in language study in short, bite-sized sections, assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, allowing flexibility in teaching
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Author
George Yule,University of Hawaii, Manoa
George Yule has taught linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Hawai'i, the University of Minnesota and Louisiana State University.