The Twitter Machine by Neil Smith

The Twitter Machine by Neil Smith

This is an introductory overview of modern theoretical linguistics which aims to be both accessible and humorous without sacrificing either scholarship or insight. The author emphasizes the necessity of appealing to linguistic theory for an understanding of the phenomena of language.

Neil Smith was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and University College London, where he received his Ph.D. in Linguistics for research which included a year's fieldwork among the Nupe in Nigeria. He did further research at MIT and UCLA while holding a Harkness Fellowship, and since 1972 has been at UCL, where he is currently Professor of Linguistics. He was chairman of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain from 1980 to 1986. He is married with two sons.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780631169260
ISBN 10	0631169261
Title	The Twitter Machine
Author	Neil Smith
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	1989-09-29
Number of pages	284
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.