Describing language /
By: Graddol, David.
Contributor(s): Cheshire, Jenny | Swann, Joan.
Publisher: Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1994Edition: 2nd ed.Description: iv, 250 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0335193153 (pbk.) :; 9780335193158:.Subject(s): Language and languages | LinguisticsDDC classification: 410 Summary: A student introduction to descriptive linguistics, this book is useful for those who wish to refer to technical literature involving linguistic description, who require a basic conceptual framework and technical vocabulary with which to discuss language, and who need to make elementary but principled descriptions and analyses of real data.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 410 GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0047312 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-244) and index.
A student introduction to descriptive linguistics, this book is useful for those who wish to refer to technical literature involving linguistic description, who require a basic conceptual framework and technical vocabulary with which to discuss language, and who need to make elementary but principled descriptions and analyses of real data.