Introducing Linguistics: A Graphic Guide

Author: R. L. Trask

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Price : $16.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781848310889
Publisher : Icon Books
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Publication date : October 2009
Dimensions : 167mm X 117mm
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Author : R. L. Trask
Series : Introducing... S.
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 410
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Covering thinkers from Aristotle to Saussure and Chomsky, "Introducing Linguistics" reveals the rules and beauty that underlie language, our most human skill.

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R.L. Trask was a professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex. A hugely acclaimed specialist in historical linguistics, his work on the Basque language made him among the world's foremost authorities on the subject. He died in 2004. Bill Mayblin trained as a graphic designer at the Royal College of Art in London. He is also the illustrator for Introducing Logic, Derrida and Empiricism.

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