| Title : | Language and its structure : some fundamental linguistic concepts |
| Material Type: | printed text |
| Authors: | Ronald W. Langacker, Author |
| Publisher: | New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. |
| Publication Date: | 1967 |
| Pagination: | x, 260 p. |
| Size: | 24 cm |
| General note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-250)
Includes index (p. 251-260) |
| Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) |
| Descriptors: | Language and languages
Linguistics
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| Class number: | 410 |
| Abstract: | Language is everywhere. It permeates our thoughts, mediates our relations with others, and even creeps into our dreams. The overwhelming bulk of human knowledge is stored and transmitted in language. Language is so ubiquitous that we take it for granted, but without it, society as we now know it would be impossible. Despite its prevalence in human affairs, language is poorly understood. Misconceptions about it are legion, even among well-educated people, and not even professional linguists can claim to understand it fully. A person is radically mistaken to assume that the nature of language is self-evident or to conclude that we know all about a language just because we speak it. Gradually, however, we are learning about this rather remarkable and purely human instrument of communication. The purpose of this book is to summarize a significant portion of what we know about language for the benefit of those with little or no previous training in linguistics. |
| Contents note: | Basic concepts; Language structure; Linguistic relationships; |
| Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=16173 |
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