文档介绍：ThispageintentionallyleftblankTheStudyofLanguageThisbest-sellingtextbookprovidesanengaginganduser-,Yulepresentsinformationinshort,bite-sizedsections,introducingthemajorconceptsinlanguagestudy–fromhowchildrenlearnlanguagetowhymenandwomenspeakdifferently,,ountsoflanguageorigins,thekeypropertiesoflanguage,textmessaging,,Yulehasalsoincludedmorethanfiftynewtasks,includingthirtyinvolvingdataanalysis,,-to-,Hawai’i,,includingDiscourseAnalysis(withGillianBrown,1983)andPragmatics(1996).“Agenuinelyintroductorylinguisticstext,’scrispandthought-provokingpresentationofkeyissuesworkswellforawiderangeofstudents.”EliseMorse-Gagne,TougalooCollege“,itwillcontinuetoinspirenewgenerationsofstudents.”StephenMatthews,UniversityofHongKong‘Itsstrengthisinprovidingageneralsurveyofmainstreamlinguisticsinpalatable,,anisingtheorderinwhichtocoverthetopics.’NigelMusk,UniversityofLinköping“Perfectforthebeginners’levelintroductorylinguisticscourse,bothinstyleandcontent.”HughBuckingham,ProfessorofLinguistics,LouisianaStateUniversity“Veryclearandeasytoreadforbeginners;user-friendlyandnon-threatening...;chaptersareinabsorbablebite-sizechunks.”JeanAitchiso