OVERVIEW
A comprehensive introduction to the study of language and linguistics, An Introduction to Language, Sixth Edition, covers all the major topics in linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics as well as pragmatics, historical change, social and regional dialects, child language, writing, language processing, and the neurobiology of language. The comprehensive approach uses humor to enhance student interest in the diverse stu… More >>
This book is unimaginably boring and stupid. It is filled with cartoons and the text is redundant. What this text really amounts to is a class in common sense. I am a CS/Math major and had been led to believe that Linguistics was a real science, probably because Noam Chomsky teaches at MIT, but I discovered that it is actually a wretched humanity (U Chicago agrees) and that little could be gleaned from a text in such a muddled discipline such as this one. Don’t make the mistake I made! Take Physics instead!
Rating: 1 / 5
The book came very quickly. The book’s condition was very good. I really appreciate it.
Rating: 5 / 5
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Rating: 5 / 5
Priscilla Oppenheimer says it all. I couldn’t wait to give my copy away. The phonetics chapter is such a disaster that I had to ask a friend to teach me phonetics! I hope that a publisher comes out with an alternative so the beginning linguistics students don’t have to suffer anymore.
Rating: 1 / 5
book was a little highlighted and some of the page edges were bent but what more should I expect from a 42 cent book? It is still in a usable condition.
Rating: 4 / 5