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Trask, R. L. – 1995
This book introduces beginning students of linguistics at all levels and general readers to the study of language, providing an overview of key topics and an explanation of basic terms and ideas. The book is also designed to encourage the reader to think about the way language works and reconsider some popular misconceptions about language and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Crystal, David – 1995
The encyclopedia is designed as a reference work on the history, structure, and use of English. The first section outlines five phases in the development of the English language (origins, Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Modern English) and then proceeds to the varieties of world English and perceptions of English and its future.…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Encyclopedias, English, Etymology
