How to Study Linguistics: A Guide to Understanding Language. Palgrave Study Guides.

Palgrave Study Guides: Literature

by Geoffrey Finch, John Peck (Editor)

A holistic approach to television criticism, this analytical companion to the popular show "Fringe" examines the drama's mythology and unveils its mysteries while exposing significant cultural issues addressed in each episode. With a strong basis in science fiction, "Fringe "has all of the archetypal characters and themes of the genre, from the covert mastermind and the mad scientist to dangerous advances in technology, parallel worlds, and man-made monsters. This guide explores how the show uses these elements to tap into a deeper understanding of the human experience. Less focused on individual episodes, this book is split into three parts, each discussing a broad element of the narrative experience of the first three seasons of this multilayered show.

Genres: Linguistics, Research, Academic

234 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 3, 1999

About the author

Geoffrey Finch has taught English at universities in New Zealand and Nigeria and is Senior Lecturer in Humanities at Anglia Polytechnic University, UK, where he lectures and writes on both language and literature.

Reviews

[محمد حسين ضاحي · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author starts off with a polemically invaluable advice - "beware of all books on linguistics". Yet, this book is very interesting in its scope and organisation, it's even inspiring.

I read selected chapters from it during my preliminary-Master's diploma to get some overall pattern of some subjects I was studying then; I wanted to know how much I know, and consequently, I miss from the big picture, and to locate the disciplines of sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and stylistics within the frame of linguistics.

Then I started reading it as is shown here intersecting with other readings to get well directed as to the project I am going to carry out for MA. It has been enlightening and helpful. It gave me hope as to the possibility that I could do it especially with topics such as semantics, pragmatics and x-bar syntax. I discovered that I already knew much, and that all I wanted is a point of order, a moment of scrutiny or pondering to organize what I know and see where it crosses with what I don't and more importantly what I need to know.

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked up this book from the library because I needed help in my Intro. to Linguistics class. I found it extremely helpful in helping me to see the big picture of linguistics. Reading the class textbook was not enough for me. I would quickly get distracted and alot of the detail it presented seemed sort of random without big picture frames. So overall, in contrast with the other text Finch's book was a refresher.

[Book Ponds · Rating 3 out of 5]

i certainly didn't read the entire book cause why would I, but I gotta say this dude is tripping 70% of the time in the chapters i read for my intro to linguistics class. he goes on and on about useless shit that has nothing to do with what he's talking about, leaving important information super brief, not dealing with it at all. at first it was kinda funny because the comparisons he makes when he explains things are a little far fetched and i do have a sense of humor ok? but sometimes it's like, come on. i'm reading a book on linguistics, not your personal diary. though, i gotta say, its fairly interesting that someone would write a book like this

[Kei · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really had fun with this. Ended up feeding into the wondering if math is the baseline talent for me that feeds into having talent in so many other things, as language can (as music) be linked to mathematical formulae so adequately....

[Doaa · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is for people who start study linguistics . very simple and helpful . The writer begin with two important advice : 1, be aware of all linguistics books you read . 2, Learn to think linguistically .

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