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Cambridge Approaches to LinguisticsSéries

Cette série explore la nature multiforme du langage et son rôle central dans les affaires humaines. Elle offre aux lecteurs une compréhension fondamentale des concepts linguistiques clés, servant de tremplin à ceux qui souhaitent explorer une littérature plus technique. La collection dote les individus des connaissances essentielles pour s'engager avec des textes avancés dans le domaine.

Corpus Linguistics
The English Language : A Historical Introduction
The Seeds of Speech
How children learn language
The English Language
Language change. Progress or decay?

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  • Language change. Progress or decay?

    3,6(16)Évaluer

    How and why do languages change? Where does the evidence of language change come from? How do languages begin and end? This introduction to language change explores these and other questions, considering changes through time. The central theme of this book is whether language change is a symptom of progress or decay. This book will show you why it is neither, and that understanding the factors surrounding how language change occurs is essential to understanding why it happens. This updated edition remains non-technical and accessible to readers with no previous knowledge of linguistics.

    Language change. Progress or decay?

  • How children learn language

    4,0(70)Évaluer

    Demonstrating how children learn to produce and distinguish between sounds, and their acquisition of words and meanings, this book explains their incredible mastery of language. William O'Grady provides readers with an overview not only of the language acquisition process itself, but also of the ingenious experiments and techniques that researchers use to investigate this mysterious phenomenon.

    How children learn language

  • The Seeds of Speech

    Language Origin and Evolution

    • 296pages
    • 11 heures de lecture
    3,7(84)Évaluer

    Exploring the origins and evolution of human language, this comprehensive introduction delves into its development over time. It offers insights into linguistic diversity and the factors that have shaped communication among humans. With its accessible approach, the book serves as a valuable resource for readers interested in understanding how language has evolved and its significance in human society.

    The Seeds of Speech

  • The English Language : A Historical Introduction

    • 312pages
    • 11 heures de lecture
    3,8(204)Évaluer

    The English Language: A Historical Introduction covers the history of the English language from its prehistoric Indo-European origins to the present day. Assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, Charles Barber describes the nature of language and language change, and presents a history of the English language at different periods, dealing with key topics such as grammar, pronunciation and semantics. Where necessary, he introduces and explains the main theoretical and technical concepts of historical linguistics. There are also chapters on English in the scientific age, English as a world language and the future of the language. Charles Barber uses dozens of familiar texts, including the English of King Alfred, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Addison, to illustrate the state of the English language through time in a range of contexts. This is a fascinating book for anyone with an interest in language.

    The English Language : A Historical Introduction

  • Corpus Linguistics

    Investigating Language Structure and Use

    • 324pages
    • 12 heures de lecture

    An investigation into the way people use language in speech and writing, this volume introduces the corpus-based approach, which is based on analysis of large databases of real language examples stored on computer.

    Corpus Linguistics