Gyan Publishing House AN INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTIC SCIENCE

by Edgar Howard Sturtevant

This volume is intended for readers with no previous knowledge of linguistics; it is hoped that no one will have difficulty in reading and understanding all of it. This does not mean that scientific problems have been avoided or that the content of linguistic science has been watered down. The guiding motto of the author has been the quotation from Thomas Huxley on the first page of the introductory chapter"Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense"; the language of our community, then, should be capable of conveying the science of our community to all its members. Technical terms have generally been avoided if the terminology of ordinary speech would do instead, and such technical terms as seemed necessary have been explained. All foreign words and forms are cited in transcription. Greek is written with Latin letters according to the system development by the Romans.

185 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2007

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[Matthew Stolte · Rating 1 out of 5]

I like the cover of 1964 9th printing paperback but found the book unreadable!