Rahman, Tariq,

Linguistics for beginners : basic concepts / Tariq Rahman - Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2010 - 210 p.

1. Introduction
2. A brif history of linguistics
3. The study of sounds
4. The study of sound pattern
5. How words are made
6. The study of meaning
7. Introduction to Chomsky’s theories
8. Transformational generative grammar
9. More about grammar
10. Government and binding theory
11. Universal grammar
12. Anthropological linguistics
13. Sociolinguistics
14. Language politics
15. Language death
16. Educational linguistics
17. Writing in south Asia
18. Notes for the reader
19. Bibliography and further reading



9780195479256 (pbk)


Linguistics

410 / M3151