Essentials of Linguistics, 2nd Edition

Catherine Anderson et al.

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A complete first course in linguistics written by seven university instructors, covering phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and language in society. This revised second edition adds chapters on language, power and identity, with practice exercises in every chapter.

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