TY - GEN AU - Anne E. Baker TI - Linguistics : the basics SN - 9780631230366 PY - 2013/// PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Linguistics KW - Language and languages N1 - Include Index N2 - 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 languagesExplores how language works by examining discourse, sentence-structure, meaning, words, and soundsIntroduces psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic issues, including language acquisition, neurolinguistics, language variation, language change, language contact, and multilingualismWritten in a ER -