Domain of Language (Hardcover)

This book is intended as counter-evidence to the perception that Linguistics is a domain of dusty schoolroom grammar. It follows that linguistics can be characterised differently than as proponents of theoretical orientations who spend their brief breaks from their bone-dry work bashing each other over the head with their different favourite abstractions. The discipline may appear to outsiders as fragmented and -- worse still -- lacking in relevance to the real world outside its gates. This book demonstrates that Linguistics, in all its varied branches, can be entertaining as well as thought-provoking, and that its domain is indeed a coherent one despite all the internecine squabbling. In an unconventional way Michael Fortescue introduces his subject as a kind of fable with a historical moral that professional linguists, as well as students, should enjoy as a useful commentary on the state of the discipline today.

General

Imprint:	Museum Tusculanum Press
Country of origin:	Denmark
Release date:	February 2002
First published:	February 2002
Authors:	Michael Fortescue
Dimensions:	165 x 245 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	391
ISBN-13:	978-87-7289-706-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Language teaching & learning material & coursework > General
LSN:	87-7289-706-6
Barcode:	9788772897066

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