Language. An introduction to the Study of Speech.
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (933 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0246640294 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Language. An introduction to the Study of Speech. book on paperback has been released on 0000-00-00. consist of 416 of pages and writen by Edward Sapir are really nice book to read. Although it oficially circulated on paperback but you still download it on other format or just read it online from our website.
literary experssion of awe garrison russell I sit here with my friends legs draped over my body, as I realize the complete, frank, and enduring qualities that are within Sapir (the lesuire of which puts minds to rest , lingistically and physically- hear hear). Besides me, I must admit his tenous use of scientific explaination without use of graphs and tables(redundunt), as I would surely argue against my own cohort for using quanitive data without qualitative anaylsis - but niether cohorts should be expelled blah blah, bam. "Terrific intro book" according to magellan. Although written before the modern age of transformational grammar this is still a terrific book for the beginner in linguistics. Having been published in the 1920s the approach is of course more grounded in classical structural linguistics, but that's fine because the beginner needs to learn that first before getting into the technicalities of Chomsky's transformational theory or later developments such as cognitive linguistics, specialized offshoots such as head driven phrase structure grammars, harmonic phrase structure grammars, or modern re-inv. Challenging and Thought Provoking When I started reading this work I found that it was very difficult to get through much at once. The book is very dense and packed with insightful examples.However, Sapir illustrates points quite well. In it he discusses phonetic theories, concepts of drift, syntax and word structure, how language and culture are related, and the like. There are few more comprehensive introductions to the field today, and fewer introductions still which go into the level of depth that he does. Highly recommended.