George Yule has worked as an English teacher in four different
countries and has taught Applied Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. He
has also written many books on grammar and the English language; however, this one is most accessible to the public with no prior knowledge required.
This textbook contains twenty chapters, each addressing a fundamental
part of linguistics. He covers an incredible range of topics, including morphology
and the role language plays in society. At the end of each section are some ‘study
questions’ which required you to recall a fact or a name and then are a list of
intriguing discussion topics which are great starters for further research.
The study of language
is written in a very concise and orderly way and therefore appropriate for
beginners as an introduction. It also links very closely to the linguistics and
English language degree and therefore may be a good starting point for research;
however, each topic may seem very brief because the book covers so many areas of linguistics.
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