The Stories of Linguistics by Kim Ballard
What is the nature of human language? How did it originate? How did it come to be so diverse and what are the connections between the thousands of global languages? How do we learn language? Stories of Linguistics explores the people, ideas and events that have shaped linguistic thought and research for more than two thousand years.
'This book presents the key issues in linguistic thought in a series of engaging and very readable narrativesThe range and historical scope of the book are impressive, but a useful 'cast of characters' at the start of each chapter helps the reader keep track of who said what about language, and when they said it'. - Professor Siobhan Chapman, University of Liverpool, UK 'This is a really exciting book that will inspire the next generation of linguists. It manages to introduce the great movers and shakers of the field, so that readers can use it as a starting-point for their future investigations of the field of linguistics. This is a book that is written out of sheer enthusiasm and it is infectious!' - Professor Lesley Jeffries, University of Huddersfield, UK 'This is a very clearly and interestingly written introduction to the subject. As well as being interesting in its own right, a historical perspective on how people have thought about language is a very accessible and useful way of looking at the whole topic - including all the important issues that still puzzle us today.' - Dr Doug Arnold, University of Essex, UK
Kim Ballard is the former Head of English at Esher Sixth Form College as well as former Chief Examiner for Edexcel A Level English language. She is the author of The Frameworks of English (2001, 2007) for Palgrave and Interpreting Texts (2005) in the Routledge A Level English Guides series.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781137000675 |
| ISBN 10 | 1137000678 |
| Title | The Stories of Linguistics |
| Author | Kim Ballard |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2016-10-07 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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