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020 _a9781137000675
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040 _aMAIN
082 _a417.7
_bBAL-16
100 _aBallard, Kim
245 4 _aThe stories of linguistics : an introduction to language study past and present/
_cKim Ballard
260 _a London:
_bPalgrave, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited,
_c2016.
300 _a xiii, 269 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
500 _a Finding Your Way Around This Book.- Timeline of Some Key Events in the History of Linguistics.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Nature of Language.- 3. The Emergence of Language.- 4. Language Diversity.- 5. Language Variation.- 6. The Structure of Language.- 7. The Construction of Meaning.- 8. The Linguistic Brain.- 9. Language Acquisition.- 10. The Continuing Story.- Phonetic Symbols.- Glossary.- Life Dates of Thinkers and Researchers.- References and Sources.- Journals and Societies.
650 _aLanguages
650 _a historical linguistics
942 _cBK
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_d19216