Looking at Languages: A Workbook in Elementary Linguistics, 4 edition
This text presents exercises which examine data from diverse natural languages - including Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Japanese, Malay, Persian and Turkish - as well as several artificial languages, such as Klingon. Exercises are arranged in order of increasing complexity. An answer key is included.
Semantics, as the study of meaning, is centrally concerned with man's understanding of himself as a species that lives by communication. Philosophy, psychology and anthropology have all had a stake in it; but Geoffrey Leech sees semantics as belonging primarily to the newer discipline of linguistics, since meaning is inextricably a part of the language through which it is expressed. Taking a broad, linguist's-eye view of the subject, he stresses in the opening chapters the contribution of semantics to the understanding of practical problems of communication and concept-manipulation in modern society.
LANGUAGE: ITS STRUCTURE AND USE explains core concepts in an interactive style that you can understand no matter what your major. With features like "What Do You Think?" and "Try It Yourself," you'll understand what you're experiencing on campus and in the classroom from a linguistics perspective. The expanded study sections and the available workbook provide you with the tools you'll need for effective test prep.
The Origins and Development of the English Language, 6 edition
This text is intended for History of the English Language courses that are generally taken by linguistics and English majors as well as future teachers of English (for whom the course is often required).
This is an introduction to linguistics, the study of human language. The author offers a succinct but lucid outline of the methods in which language has been defined, described, and explored, and guides readers towards further exploration of their own.
