Anne E. Baker & Kees Hengeveld 
Linguistics [PDF ebook] 

Linguistics is a comprehensive crosslinguistic introduction to the study of language, and is ideal for students with no background in linguistics.

* A comprehensive introduction to the study of language, set apart by its inclusion of cross-linguistic data from over 80 different spoken and signed languages

* Explores how language works by examining discourse, sentence-structure, meaning, words, and sounds

* Introduces psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic issues, including language acquisition, neurolinguistics, language variation, language change, language contact, and multilingualism

* Written in a problem-oriented style to engage readers, and is ideal for those new to the subject

* Incorporates numerous student-friendly features throughout, including extensive exercises, summaries, assignments, and suggestions for further reading

* Based on the bestselling Dutch edition of this work, the English edition has been revised and expanded to offer an up-to-date and engaging survey of linguistics for students new to the field

About the author

Anne E. Baker is Professor of Linguistics at the
University of Amsterdam with a specialisation in psycholinguistics
and sign linguistics. Her publications include Taal en
taalwetenschap (ed. with René Appel, Kees Hengeveld,
Folkert Kuiken, and Pieter Muysken, 2002) and Sign Language
Acquisition (ed. with Bencie Woll, 2008).

Kees Hengeveld is Professor of Linguistics at the
University of Amsterdam with a specialisation in linguistic
typology and grammatical theory. His publications include
Functional Discourse Grammar: A typologically-based theory of
language structure (with J. Lachlan Mackenzie, 2008) and
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target=’_blank’>The Theory of Functional Grammar (with
Simon C. Dik, 1997).