Describing Language by David Graddol

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Presenting a student introduction to descriptive linguistics, this book covers such topics as: phonetics, prosody, word structure, syntax, text and discourse structure, word and utterance meaning, and non-verbal behaviour. It also includes an introduction to both Chomsky's Universal Grammar and Halliday's Systemic Grammar.

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Describing Language by David Graddol

Presenting a student introduction to descriptive linguistics, this book covers such topics as: phonetics, prosody, word structure, syntax, text and discourse structure, word and utterance meaning, and non-verbal behaviour. It also includes an introduction to both Chomsky's Universal Grammar and Halliday's Systemic Grammar.
"..more readable, more cohesive, and more informative." - Language Awareness "A practical textbook forlanguage and social science students." - The Teacher Trainer
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ISBN 13 9780335193158
ISBN 10 0335193153
Title Describing Language
Author David Graddol
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Open University Press
Year published 1994-09-16
Number of pages 256
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