Download or read book Linguistics: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself written by David Hornsby and published by Teach Yourself. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by David Hornsby, who is a current Linguistics lecturer and researcher at the University of Kent, Linguistics - The Essentials is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear jargon-free English, and then providing added value features like summaries of key books, and even lists of questions you might be asked in your seminar or exam. The book uses a structure that mirrors many university courses on linguistics - with separate chapters focusing on linguistic thought, syntax, sound systems, morphology, semantics, pragmatics, language acquisition, and much more.