Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to Language and LinguisticsGeorgios Tserdanelis, Wai Yi Peggy Wong To make the book more interesting and to help students better understand the content, this new edition is enriched with visual illustrations such as cartoons, drawings, real life pictures, and schematic representation of examples, in addition to the figures and charts in the past editions. New exercises and suggested further readings are added in many chapters. Answers to the exercises are available at the back of the book and on-line for teachers and students. Book jacket. |
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Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics Georgios Tserdanelis,Wai Yi Peggy Wong No preview available - 2004 |
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