Covering thinkers from Aristotle to Saussure and Chomsky, "Introducing Linguistics" reveals the rules and beauty that underlie language, our most human skill.
Covering thinkers from Aristotle to Saussure and Chomsky, this title reveals the rules and beauty that underlie language, our most human skill.

Product details

ISBN
9781848310889
Published
2009-09-03
Edition
2. edition
Publisher
Icon Books
Weight
159 gr
Height
168 mm
Width
118 mm
Thickness
15 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
176

Author
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Biographical note

R.L. Trask was a professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex. A hugely acclaimed specialist in historical linguistics, his work on the Basque language made him among the world's foremost authorities on the subject. He died in 2004. Bill Mayblin trained as a graphic designer at the Royal College of Art in London. He is also the illustrator for Introducing Logic, Derrida and Empiricism.