Rahman, Tariq

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

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


9780195479256 (pbk)


English--Linguistics

410 / R1293