| Description |
vii, 258 pages ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Language defined -- The elements of speech -- The sounds of language -- Form in language : grammatical processes -- Form in language : grammatical concepts -- Types of linguistic structure -- Language as a historical product : drift -- Language as a historical product : phonetic law -- How languages influence each other -- Language, race, and culture -- Language and literature |
| Summary |
Professor Sapir analyzes, for student and common reader, the elements of language. Among these are the units of language, grammatical concepts and their origins, how languages differ and resemble each other, and the history of the growth of representative languages--Cover |
| Analysis |
Linguistics |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Also issued online |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Language and languages.
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Linguistics.
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Speech.
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| LC no. |
21020134 |
| ISBN |
0766195767 |
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